From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Mason Subject: Re: using of XATTRs instead of pseudo files for accessing reiser4 file attributes. Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 08:13:24 -0400 Message-ID: <1081253603.4977.77.camel@watt.suse.com> References: <38261445506-BeMail@cr593174-a> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <38261445506-BeMail@cr593174-a> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "Alexander G. M. Smith" Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 18:41, Alexander G. M. Smith wrote: > Chris Mason wrote on Mon, 05 Apr 2004 08:46:26 -0400: > > xattrs are the current linux api, you'll make it much easier for people > > to use reiser4 by supporting it (in addition to whatever new and cool > > API you develop). > > One of the big points is to cut down on the number of APIs and gain > in saved effort. Listing attributes? Just use good old ReadDir(). > With a common name space, you can use grep and other well developed > tools to deal with attributes. And so on. Sure, I think namesys has some great ideas on the new pseudo files. But, there are existing apps using the xattrs, it makes sense to get them for a relatively small programming effort in reiser4 instead of having to modify each one and get patches up stream. -chris