VFS Modules & C++ Support
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at samba.org
Fri Jul 13 22:47:42 UTC 2018
On Fri, 2018-07-13 at 18:24 -0400, Kory Draughn via samba-technical
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Q. Can a samba vfs module be implemented using C++?
> Q. If so, how do I enable C++ support?
You might be able to do it with extern C etc, but I can't see any
evidence that this has been done before. Others may be able to better
comment however.
I would stick with C and follow the existing patterns myself.
> Also, in the section titled "*Building Your VFS Module*",
> https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Writing_a_Samba_VFS_Module#Building_Your_VFS_Module,
> I ran into trouble compiling the fake_compression module.
>
> To fix this, I made the following changes:
>
> *Old Code from Wiki*
>
> NTSTATUS vfs_fake_compression_init(void);
> NTSTATUS vfs_fake_compression_init(void) {...}
>
> *New Code*
>
> static_decl_vfs;
> NTSTATUS vfs_fake_compression_init(TALLOC_CTX* ctx) {...}
>
> Q. Are both *static_decl_vfs* and *vfs_fake_compression_init* required?
This looks correct for the new code.
> It may be worth adjusting the wiki so other developers don't fail at
> building the example module.
Please make an account and do that.
Andrew Bartlett
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