[OpenAFS-devel] What does =split signify in the rx xdr definitions?

[Nathan Neulinger]

Ah. So with split routines, I'll have to look into the code that calls
the RPC to see the content that is not part of the IN/OUT parameters.

Thanks, that gets me exactly what I needed to know. 

-- Nathan

Hartmut Reuter wrote:
> 
> "split" is interpreted by rxgen to produce two client interface
> routines:
> StartRXAFS_StoreData and EndRXAFS_StoreData.
> 
> The whole RPC looks then like
> 
> StartRXAFS_StoreData();
> rx_write();
> ...
> rx_write();
> EndRXAFS_StoreData();
> 
> That means the data of the file are transfered without additional
> xdr-overhead just as a byte-stream.
> 
> Hartmut
> 
> "Neulinger, Nathan" wrote:
> >
> > When I see:
> >
> > StoreData(
> >   IN  AFSFid *Fid,
> >   AFSStoreStatus *InStatus,
> >   afs_uint32 Pos,
> >   afs_uint32 Length,
> >   afs_uint32 FileLength,
> >   OUT AFSFetchStatus *OutStatus,
> >   AFSVolSync *Sync
> > ) split = 133;
> >
> > What is the split indicating? I'm trying to improve the afs dissection in
> > ethereal. It looks like the initial packet has the in values, but 2nd and
> > further packets do not have any of those values. Except, there is no
> > reference in that function description to the actual 'data' that is being
> > stored. Is that what split indicates? That there is additional blob data
> > tacked onto the end of the request, possibly multiple packets long?
> >
> > -- Nathan
> >
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University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
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