Re: [2.6] smbfs & "du" illness

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Methinks you've been looking too much at what MS does over the wire, and 
> that has made you think that it makes total sense to send random numbers 
> over the wire. Maybe so - maybe it's how you have to think if you make a 
> samba server. But if so, just _say_ so, instead of making arguments that 
> make no sense.

Btw, if you want to send bytes instead of blocks, I don't care. The Linux 
client can easily do

	blocks = bytes >> 9;

and I'll be perfectly happy. But if the "bytes" count you send has no
actual real-life meaning (ie it didn't actually come from the underlying
filesystem at all), then don't bother. The client might as well do

	blocks = (filesize + 511) >> 9;

if that's what the server is (badly) mangling.

		Linus