Re: [PATCH 1/6] xattr consolidation v2 - generic xattr API

[James Morris]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Will Dyson wrote:

> I don't plan on holding my breath while waiting for "The linux vfs
> layer for dummies" to come out. But a quick comment to explain the
> purpose and use of a block of code can make a world of difference to
> someone trying to come up to speed.

If you want to supply documentation patches, please feel free to do so.

> For example:
> 
> /*
> In order to implement different sets of xattr operations for each
> xattr prefix, a filesystem should create a null-terminated array of
> struct xattr_handler (one for each prefix) and hang a pointer to it
> off of the s_xattr field of the superblock. The generic_fooxattr
> functions will search this list for a xattr_handler with a prefix
> field that matches the prefix of the xattr we are dealing with and
> call the apropriate function pointer from that xattr_handler.
> */

The above is inaccurate.  e.g. not all of the generic functions search for
a matching xattr handler.


- James
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James Morris
<jmorris@xxxxxxxxxx>

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