[nfsv4] one umask-02 question

Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer@oracle.com> Thu, 01 December 2016 20:32 UTC

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From: Mike Kupfer <mike.kupfer@oracle.com>
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Subject: [nfsv4] one umask-02 question
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Section 3 has

>    The server MUST ignore any mode attribute set in the same operation
>    as mode_umask.

I don't understand why the server doesn't return an error in this case.
Silently throwing stuff away makes me nervous.  (If this was already
discussed, feel free to just give me a pointer to the discussion.)

thanks,
mike