[PATCH] docs: mention incompatibility between kernel oplocks and streams_xattr

Björn Jacke bj at sernet.de
Tue Sep 9 14:57:22 MDT 2014


See BUG https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7537 for details.

Signed-off-by: Bjoern Jacke <bj at sernet.de>
---
 docs-xml/manpages/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml b/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml
index 2deb802..fc646ad 100644
--- a/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml
+++ b/docs-xml/manpages/vfs_streams_xattr.8.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 	the size of xattrs. So this module might work for applications like IE
 	that stores small zone information in streams but will fail for
 	applications that store serious amounts of data in ADSs.</para>
+
+	<para>CAUTION: Make sure to set "kernel oplocks = no" in smb.conf if
+	if you use this module. See Bug 7537 for details.</para>
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