1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

M port/devmnt.c

@@ 482,6 482,19 @@ mntstat(Chan *c, uchar *dp, int n)
 		error("returned stat buffer count too large");
 
 	if(r->reply.nstat > n){
+		/*
+		 * 12/31/2002 RSC
+		 * 
+		 * This should be nstat-2, which is the first two
+		 * bytes of the stat buffer.  But dirstat and dirfstat
+		 * depended on getting the full nstat (they didn't
+		 * add BIT16SZ themselves).  I fixed dirstat and dirfstat
+		 * but am leaving this unchanged for now.  After a
+		 * few months, once enough of the relevant binaries
+		 * have been recompiled for other reasons, we can
+		 * change this to nstat-2.  Devstat gets this right
+		 * (via convD2M).
+		 */
 		/* doesn't fit; just patch the count and return */
 		PBIT16((uchar*)dp, r->reply.nstat);
 		n = BIT16SZ;