[linux-cifs-client] stat() shows st_size=0 for directory !?

[Steven Scholz]

Hi all,

why is st_size for a cifs mounted directory always 0?
It works ok for files.

~/Temp> mount
//10.0.2.9/gast on /mnt type cifs (rw,mand)

~/Temp> stat /mnt
  File: ,,/mnt"
  Size: 0               Blocks: 0          IO Block: 16384  Verzeichnis
Device: 14h/20d Inode: 2           Links: 14
Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)  Uid: ( 1000/    gast)   Gid: (  100/   users)
Access: 2006-06-15 10:43:02.000000000 +0200
Modify: 2006-06-14 13:46:22.000000000 +0200
Change: 2006-06-14 13:46:22.000000000 +0200

Using stat() I get

st_dev = 20
st_ino = 2
st_mode = 40755
st_nlink = 14
st_uid = 1000
st_gid = 100
st_rdev = 0
st_size = 0
st_blksize = 16384
st_blocks = 0
st_atime = Thu Jun 15 10:43:02 2006
st_mtime = Wed Jun 14 13:46:22 2006
st_ctime = Wed Jun 14 13:46:22 2006

-- 
Steven