Re: [fuse-devel] mode argument

[Miklos S. <mi...@sz...>]

> There is an odditiy in the @mode arguments. Let's see step by step.
> 
> Any object that is non-file, non-directory is created with a 
> filesystem's ->mknod() function, if such exists. If it does not exist, 
> the request is rejected.
> Following cases remain:
> Files are always created with ->create().
> Directories are always created with ->mkdir().
> 
> create() gets passed a mode that has the format [S_IFREG] encoded, 
> while mkdir() gets a mode that does not have S_ISDIR.

Yes, it's inconsistent, but it shouldn't really hurt.

OK, probably removing S_IFREG from create() wouldn't hurt either, but
who knows...  Better safe than sorry I say ;)

Miklos