llnl / llnl/UnifyFS

review and update file stream (stdio) code

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C
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Description

Support for FILE* IO streams has been broken for a while now. We need to do a thorough review and update of unifycr-stdio.c to get things functional again.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing unifycr-stdio.c and tracing its FILE* I/O paths to identify which behavior is broken. The issue provides no failing case or test target, so completion would require defining the expected stdio behavior and demonstrating that FILE* streams function again.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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