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Re: [nfsv4] xattr model in draft-naik-nfsv4-xattrs-01?

"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> Mon, 06 October 2014 21:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: [nfsv4] xattr model in draft-naik-nfsv4-xattrs-01?
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On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 01:59:49PM -0700, Manoj Naik wrote:
> An operation that replaces ALL the xattr keys of a file with another set of
> keys could be done in a compound if we added a separate REMOVEXATTR that
> allowed deleting all the xattrs of a file. Otherwise this would need a
> LISTXATTR, delete individual xattrs and SETXATTR each one, and this cannot
> be achieved in a single COMPOUND.

A separate REMOVEXATTR would also make it easier to make it optional.  A
server could just not implement the one operation.

And easier to remove from the draft when we eventually realize nobody
cares about it, hah.

--b.

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