[LU-4298] 'lfs setstripe' with bad values creates an empty file that has no striping information

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Minor
• Fix Version/s: Lustre 2.7.0, Lustre 2.5.4
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.4.0
• Labels: patch
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: James Nunez (Inactive)
• Reporter: Sebastien Buisson (Inactive)

Description

Hi,

When launching an 'lfs setstripe' with bad values (for instance a impossible stripe size), it creates an empty file that has no striping information.

It should be better to not create the file at all in that case.

I will propose a patch to address this issue.

Sebastien.