It looks like pvfs2 does not allow you to set xattrs on the root
directory. Is this expected?
# checking the mount options:
> mount -t pvfs2
tcp://localhost:3334/pvfs2-fs on /mnt/pvfs2 type pvfs2 (rw,user_xattr)
# confirming that xattrs can be set on a normal directory:
> setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2/dir1
> getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2/dir1
getfattr: Removing leading '/' from absolute path names
# file: mnt/pvfs2/dir1
user.pvfs2.num_dfiles="1"
# trying to set xattrs on the root directory:
> setfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles -v "1" /mnt/pvfs2
setfattr: /mnt/pvfs2: Operation not permitted
> getfattr -n user.pvfs2.num_dfiles /mnt/pvfs2
/mnt/pvfs2: user.pvfs2.num_dfiles: No such attribute
All of the above is run as root. I don't think it is anything special
about the num_dfiles attribute either; it looks like I can't set any
xattrs on the root directory. It always responds with "Operation not
permitted".
-Phil
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