[linux-cifs-client] Re: Follow up checks for patch "make sure we have the right resume info before calling CIFSFindNext"

Jeff Layton jlayton at redhat.com
Wed Oct 8 19:00:48 GMT 2008


On Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:55:50 -0500
"Steve French" <smfrench at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since we weren't checking for any before  - and the code worked
> without last entry saved, won't that (a server returning a bad last
> entry) revert to the same behavior as we had before your patch?
> 

True, and if the entry we're looking for is in the FindFirst response
then it's probably better to treat it as being OK regardless of whether
the LastNameOffset is valid or not...

The patch is probably fine as is.

ACK

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Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>


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