pSMB->OpenFlags |= cpu_to_le16(REQ_MORE_INFO);
pSMB->Mode = cpu_to_le16(access_flags_to_smbopen_mode(access_flags));
pSMB->Mode |= cpu_to_le16(0x40); /* deny none */
- /* set file as system file if special file such
- as fifo and server expecting SFU style and
+ /* set file as system file if special file such as fifo,
+ * socket, char or block and server expecting SFU style and
no Unix extensions */
if (create_options & CREATE_OPTION_SPECIAL)
req->AllocationSize = 0;
/*
- * Set file as system file if special file such as fifo and server
- * expecting SFU style and no Unix extensions.
+ * Set file as system file if special file such as fifo, socket, char
+ * or block and server expecting SFU style and no Unix extensions.
*/
if (create_options & CREATE_OPTION_SPECIAL)
req->FileAttributes = cpu_to_le32(ATTR_SYSTEM);
/*
* Check if mounted with mount parm 'sfu' mount parm.
* SFU emulation should work with all servers, but only
- * supports block and char device (no socket & fifo),
+ * supports block and char device, socket & fifo,
* and was used by default in earlier versions of Windows
*/
if (!(cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL))
/*
* Check if mounted with mount parm 'sfu' mount parm.
* SFU emulation should work with all servers, but only
- * supports block and char device (no socket & fifo),
+ * supports block and char device, socket & fifo,
* and was used by default in earlier versions of Windows
*/
if (cifs_sb->mnt_cifs_flags & CIFS_MOUNT_UNX_EMUL) {