[LU-14583] llapi_file_get_stripe() should check for softlink

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Major
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.15.0
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.12.6
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: Peter Jones
• Reporter: Mahmoud Hanafi

Description

MPI-IO using llapi_file_get_stripe() returns error, when trying to get striping info for a soft-link. llapi_file_get_stripe() returns “get_stripe failed: 61 (No data available)”

llapi_file_get_stripe should follow softlink.

The softlink point back to a file on lustre.