Re: [rfc] new stat*fs-like syscall?

["J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@yahoo.co.jp>]

Christoph Hellwig:
> That's really job for a pathconf system call that allows quering random
> paramters.

Do you mean it should be implemented such like this?
vfs_pathconf(struct dentry, int parm)
--> return d_sb->s_op->pathconf(parm)

I am afraid it is overdesign because the actual parameter(for FS) is
_PC_LINK_MAX only. All other params are already handled by VFS, glibc or
sb->statfs.


J. R. Okajima

(pathconf(3) parameters from the manual)
       _PC_LINK_MAX
              returns  the  maximum number of links to the file.  If fd or path refer to a direc-
              tory, then the value applies to the whole directory.  The  corresponding  macro  is
              _POSIX_LINK_MAX.

       _PC_MAX_CANON
              returns  the  maximum length of a formatted input line, where fd or path must refer
              to a terminal.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_MAX_CANON.

       _PC_MAX_INPUT
              returns the maximum length of an input line, where fd or path must refer to a  ter-
              minal.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_MAX_INPUT.

       _PC_NAME_MAX
              returns  the maximum length of a filename in the directory path or fd that the pro-
              cess is allowed to create.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_NAME_MAX.

       _PC_PATH_MAX
              returns the maximum length of a relative pathname when path or fd  is  the  current
              working directory.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_PATH_MAX.

       _PC_PIPE_BUF
              returns the size of the pipe buffer, where fd must refer to a pipe or FIFO and path
              must refer to a FIFO.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_PIPE_BUF.

       _PC_CHOWN_RESTRICTED
              returns non-zero if the chown(2) call may not be used on this file.  If fd or  path
              refer to a directory, then this applies to all files in that directory.  The corre-
              sponding macro is _POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED.

       _PC_NO_TRUNC
              returns non-zero if accessing filenames longer than  _POSIX_NAME_MAX  generates  an
              error.  The corresponding macro is _POSIX_NO_TRUNC.

       _PC_VDISABLE
              returns  non-zero if special character processing can be disabled, where fd or path
              must refer to a terminal.