On Fri, 9 May 2025 at 17:11, Chen Linxuan <chenlinxuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > And that has limitations, since fdinfo lacks a hierarchy. E.g. > > recursively retrieving "hidden files" info is impractical. > > What does "recursively" refer to in this context? > I am not entirely sure what kind of situation it implies. > Do you mean, for example, when a fixed file is a FUSE fd and it has a > backing file? Yeah. I don't see any practical relevance today, but allowing to retrieve any attribute of these hidden files (fdinfo and hidden files included) is a good thing that the flat nature of the current fdinfo inteface makes difficult. I'd argue that many current uses of fdinfo could be enabled with the listxattr/getxattr inteface and would improve usablility (no need to parse the fdinfo file to skip unneeded info). Thanks, Miklos > > Thanks, > Chen Linxuan
