Re: [PATCH] Do not clear the value of st_dev in File I/O's stat()

[Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>]

On 05/28/2018 01:23 PM, Julio Guerra wrote:

> I think the approach is still valid, otherwise it would be like if the
> target program should know the host. Which reminds me that with
> remote_fileio_fstat(), I have the case where my host st_dev has 64 bits,
> which doesn't fit into fileio's 32-bit fst_dev.
> 
> I think I should resubmit this patch along with my other patch allowing
> to "open non regular files" so that I add common device ids (link, fifo,
> etc.) to the list of returned fst_dev, and I modify
> remote_fileio_fstat() so that it applies the same values to fst_dev.

Great, that sounds like the right direction.

Thanks.  And thanks Corinna.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves