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Re: csih: Patch getVolInfo.c
On Jul 22 19:54, Eric Blake wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>
> > > However, for access to the filesystem information, the READ_CONTROL
> > > isn't necessary. A desired access of 0 is sufficient in every case
> > > I could lay my hands on (NTFS, NFS, Samba, FAT32, HGFS).
> > >
> > along these lines, can you please test the change to mount.cc on MVFS?
>
> Seeing as how you aren't in a position to lay your hands on MVFS, I get to be
> the bearer of bad news.
>
> You'll have to recode this to do a retry loop, since MVFS rejects NtOpenFile
> with access of 0, giving status 0xc0000022. The only question now is whether
> you should do the READ_CONTROL first and retry to 0, or 0 first and
> READ_CONTROL as the retry.
>
> > It would be a pity if MVFS would be broken again due to this change,
> > after having gone through all the hassle of the last days.
>
> And of course, with 'df -T mvfs/file' now showing "unknown" instead of "mvfs",
> you can imagine what else broke.
Ok, I reverted the change and now, if opening with READ_CONTROL fails,
I try with FILE_READ_DATA, just like GetVolumeInformation. That should
really do it once and for all(*).
Thanks for teting,
Corinna
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