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PATCH: File::Stat#dev on Windows

Added by kubo (Takehiro Kubo) over 6 years ago. Updated over 6 years ago.

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Target version:
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[ruby-core:84243]

Description

Two files are identical when pairs of File::Stat#dev and File::Stat#ino
are same on unix. However when a volume (disk partition) is mounted on
a directory they may not identical even when the pairs are same on Windows
because File::Stat#dev is based on drive letters.

I did the following on Windows on vmware.

  1. attach a new virtual disk to the VM.
  2. create two NTFS volumes in the disk and mount them to c:\volume1 and c:\volume2 respectively.
  3. create two files in c:\volume1 and c:\volume2 respectively.
  4. File.stat(filename).dev returns 2 ('C' - 'A') for both files.
  5. File.stat(filename).ino returns 281474976710691 for both files.
    The inode number of firstly created file in NTFS seems same.
  6. The pairs of #dev and #ino are same even though the files aren't identical.

The attached patch do the followging:

  1. change _dev_t to 64-bit rb_dev_t in struct stati128.
  2. use FILE_ID_INFO.VolumeSerialNumber (64-bit)
    or BY_HANDLE_FILE_INFORMATION.dwVolumeSerialNumber (32-bit)
    as File::Stat#dev.
  3. use path_drive() only when open_special() fails.
  4. delete code which become unnecessary by above changes.

However, I think, there are pros and cons of the patch.

Pros.

  • Two files are identical when pairs of File::Stat#dev and File::Stat#ino
    are same as on unix

Cons.

  • File::Stat#dev returns too large number (32-bit or 64-bit integer).
  • In manual File::Stat#dev returns an integer representing the device.
    However this patch makes it return volume serial number, whose
    concept is a bit difference from device.

Files

file_stat_dev.patch (2.86 KB) file_stat_dev.patch kubo (Takehiro Kubo), 12/13/2017 10:56 PM
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