[linux-cifs-client] Re: POSIX Create/Mkdir and mode

[Jeremy Allison]

On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:01:25AM -0600, Steve French wrote:

> I have mixed feelings about this - 64 bits is clearly safest and easiest 
> to explain otherwise having a mismatched size with the Unix Info call 
> could lead people to do dumb/incompatible things and make implementation 
> errors.  64 bits should not hurt performance but my scan shows typical 
> mode_t is unsigned short or int and I don't see any platforms that are 
> over 32 bits.
> 
> In the definition of the original cifs unix extensions this field was 
> not called "mode" but "unix file permissions?"

As per conversations I've now changed this in server and libsmb client
code to be 64 bits.

Jeremy.