Re: XFS dmapi: dm_path_to_handle fails if the path is a directory

[Vlad Apostolov <vapo@sgi.com>]

John Groves wrote:
> I'm running up against a difficult situation because dm_path_to_handle 
> does not return a handle, if the path is to a directory.  Is this a 
> known issue, or perhaps fixed in a recent version?  Or is there 
> another way get the handle of a directory by path?  When any file type 
> is renamed, I (for various reasons) *must* know not just the old & new 
> parent handles, but also the handle of the renamed thingy.  If the 
> thingy is a directory, I'm stuck at the moment.
>
> My test system has dmapi 2.2.1-5, which I don't think is current, but 
> I can't seem to get access to the oss.sgi.com server to check.
>
> Any advice or info appreciated.  I'm willing to try and submit a 
> patch, but I'd appreciate first knowing whether there was a specific 
> reason or problem that led to the current behavior.
>
> Thanks,
> John Groves
>
Hi John,

If your path is longer than 2000 characters dm_path_to_handle used to fail.
This bug was fixed in August 2006. Please update your tree from here:

http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download.html

Regards,
Vlad