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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Trond Myklebust <trondmy@hammerspace.com>
Cc: linux-nfs <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	anna schumaker <anna.schumaker@netapp.com>,
	david <david@sigma-star.at>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2021 22:57:40 +0100 (CET)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1388843712.160520.1639346260184.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7a8d59679ed2ab948b8b694eb1df94e3a90fcc8a.camel@hammerspace.com>

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Trond Myklebust" <trondmy@hammerspace.com>
>> What do you think?
>> 
> 
> You don't a priori know the length of the underlying filehandle or its
> structure. All you know is that you have n bytes of data, and it is
> possible that the first 2 bytes represent the size 'n-2'. However it is
> also possible that those 2 bytes are something else that just happens
> to match the value 'n-2'.

Yes. ;-\
Our mails have crossed, after hitting send I realized my fault.

Thanks,
//richard

      reply	other threads:[~2021-12-12 21:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-12 21:00 [RFC PATCH] NFS: Save 4 bytes when re-exporting Richard Weinberger
2021-12-12 21:19 ` Trond Myklebust
2021-12-12 21:32   ` Richard Weinberger
2021-12-12 21:51     ` Richard Weinberger
2021-12-12 21:53     ` Trond Myklebust
2021-12-12 21:57       ` Richard Weinberger [this message]

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