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Diffstat (limited to 'include/fuse_lowlevel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/fuse_lowlevel.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h index 0d97b69..1f2aa5e 100644 --- a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h +++ b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h @@ -75,11 +75,15 @@ struct fuse_entry_param { */ fuse_ino_t ino; - /** The ino/generation pair should be unique for the filesystem's - lifetime */ + /** Generation number for this entry. The ino/generation pair + should be unique for the filesystem's lifetime. It must be + non-zero, otherwise FUSE will treat it as an error. */ unsigned long generation; - /** Inode attributes */ + /** Inode attributes. Even if attr_timeout == 0, attr must be + correct. For example, for open(), FUSE uses attr.st_size from + lookup() to determine how many bytes to request. If this + value is not correct, incorrect data will be returned. */ struct stat attr; /** Validity timeout (in seconds) for the attributes */ @@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ struct fuse_lowlevel_ops { void (*destroy) (void *userdata); /** - * Look up a directory entry by name + * Look up a directory entry by name and get its attributes. * * Valid replies: * fuse_reply_entry |