On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 12:39:14PM -0400, cel@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > NFSD can return 0 here, as at least one client implementation we > are aware of (the Linux NFS client) treats 0 as meaning "CLONE has > no alignment restrictions". Usuaully clone does have a restriction, though. > Meanwhile we need to consult the nfsv4 Working Group to clarify the > meaning and use of the value of this attribute. Yeah, the attribute seems to be severly underspecified, i.e. it does not even provide a unit that the value is in. I think the only sane way out is an errate that makes 0 mean "not specified" and then provides the byte unit and maybe some other quirks. > + /* Linux filesystems have no clone alignment restrictions */ That is absolutely untrue as said above.
