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* statfs and reiserfs
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@ 2001-11-29  0:40 ` jd
  2001-11-29 17:20   ` Hans Reiser
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From: jd @ 2001-11-29  0:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: linux-fsdevel

Hi,

after a call of statfs() on my kernel-2.4.8, reiserfs returns for the fields f_files and f_ffree in the struct statfs values of -1.

Other filesystems return 0 for unsupported fields in the struct statfs, e.g. smbfs.

Some manpages say "Fields that are undefined for a particular file system are set to -1" (e.g. NetBSD1.4.3A from May24,1995), other say "Fields that are undefined for a particular file system are set to 0" (latest man pages from LDP)

Now. What's right? who's wrong? who's right?

Greetings 

    Jochen Dolze

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* Re: statfs and reiserfs
  2001-11-29  0:40 ` statfs and reiserfs jd
@ 2001-11-29 17:20   ` Hans Reiser
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From: Hans Reiser @ 2001-11-29 17:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: jd; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-fsdevel

we believe we are following the official standard.  If you find we err 
on this, let us know, but I think we used to set the fields to 0 and 
then found out it should be -1.

Hans

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