Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GFS2 Filesystem [9/16] | From | Steven Whitehouse <> | Date | Mon, 27 Feb 2006 08:21:55 +0000 |
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Hi,
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 16:05 -0500, James Morris wrote: > On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Steven Whitehouse wrote: > > > > +/** > > + * gfs2_ea_name2type - get the type of the ea, and truncate type from the name > > + * @namep: ea name, possibly with type appended > > + * > > + * Returns: GFS2_EATYPE_XXX > > + */ > > + > > +unsigned int gfs2_ea_name2type(const char *name, char **truncated_name) > > +{ > > + unsigned int type; > > + > > + if (strncmp(name, "system.", 7) == 0) { > > + type = GFS2_EATYPE_SYS; > > + if (truncated_name) > > + *truncated_name = strchr(name, '.') + 1; > > + } else if (strncmp(name, "user.", 5) == 0) { > > + type = GFS2_EATYPE_USR; > > + if (truncated_name) > > + *truncated_name = strchr(name, '.') + 1; > > + } else { > > + type = GFS2_EATYPE_UNUSED; > > + if (truncated_name) > > + *truncated_name = NULL; > > + } > > + > > + return type; > > +} > > > Consider using the generic xattr infrastructure in the kernel (xattr.c), > e.g. generic_getxattr() and friends. > > > > - James
Yes, I've also had some similar feedback in private email. We will certainly look into doing this at the same time as we look at the selinux/xattr support so its high on our agenda now. Thanks for the feedback,
Steve.
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