4 Extended attributes handling.
7 Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
10 #ifndef _LINUX_XATTR_H
11 #define _LINUX_XATTR_H
14 #include <linux/slab.h>
15 #include <linux/types.h>
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
17 #include <uapi/linux/xattr.h>
23 * struct xattr_handler: When @name is set, match attributes with exactly that
24 * name. When @prefix is set instead, match attributes with that prefix and
25 * with a non-empty suffix.
27 struct xattr_handler {
30 int flags; /* fs private flags */
31 bool (*list)(struct dentry *dentry);
32 int (*get)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
33 struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
35 int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
36 struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
37 size_t size, int flags);
40 const char *xattr_full_name(const struct xattr_handler *, const char *);
48 ssize_t xattr_getsecurity(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
49 ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
50 ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size);
51 int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
52 int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
53 int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
55 ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
56 ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
57 int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
58 const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
59 int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
60 ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
61 char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
63 static inline const char *xattr_prefix(const struct xattr_handler *handler)
65 return handler->prefix ?: handler->name;
68 struct simple_xattrs {
69 struct list_head head;
74 struct list_head list;
81 * initialize the simple_xattrs structure
83 static inline void simple_xattrs_init(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs)
85 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xattrs->head);
86 spin_lock_init(&xattrs->lock);
92 static inline void simple_xattrs_free(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs)
94 struct simple_xattr *xattr, *node;
96 list_for_each_entry_safe(xattr, node, &xattrs->head, list) {
102 struct simple_xattr *simple_xattr_alloc(const void *value, size_t size);
103 int simple_xattr_get(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
104 void *buffer, size_t size);
105 int simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
106 const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
107 ssize_t simple_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, char *buffer,
109 void simple_xattr_list_add(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
110 struct simple_xattr *new_xattr);
112 #endif /* _LINUX_XATTR_H */