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From: David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Dave Chinner <david-FqsqvQoI3Ljby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:29:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <27040.1479464944@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161117234047.GE28177@dastard>

Dave Chinner <david-FqsqvQoI3Ljby3iVrkZq2A@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> > (13) FS_IOC_GETFLAGS value.  These could be translated to BSD's st_flags.
> >      Note that the Linux IOC flags are a mess and filesystems such as Ext4
> >      define flags that aren't in linux/fs.h, so translation in the kernel
> >      may be a necessity (or, possibly, we provide the filesystem type too).
> 
> And we now also have FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR that extends the flags
> and information userspace can get from filesystems.

Btw, can you point me at the manpage that defines the fsxattr struct and its
flags?

Also, ioctl_list(2) should probably include FS_IOC_FS[GS]ETXATTR.

David

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-11-18 10:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <2D8B8AAF-2016-45BD-9D70-A532DDDB23D2@dilger.ca>
     [not found] ` <147938969703.13574.10295364502230379833.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
2016-11-17 15:10   ` [RFC][PATCH 0/4] Enhanced file stat system call Michael Kerrisk
2016-11-17 16:33   ` David Howells
     [not found]   ` <147938970382.13574.11581172952175034619.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
     [not found]     ` <1479407964.4556.5.camel@redhat.com>
     [not found]       ` <2D8B8AAF-2016-45BD-9D70-A532DDDB23D2-m1MBpc4rdrD3fQ9qLvQP4Q@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-18  8:59         ` [PATCH 1/4] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells
     [not found]           ` <25517.1479459564-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-18  9:25             ` Andreas Dilger
2016-11-18 10:29     ` David Howells [this message]
2016-11-18 21:27       ` Dave Chinner
2016-11-18 21:48       ` David Howells
     [not found]         ` <9903.1479505701-S6HVgzuS8uM4Awkfq6JHfwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-18 22:17           ` Dave Chinner
2016-11-19 10:21             ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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