From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:53839 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933158AbcE3QDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 May 2016 12:03:42 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 09:03:40 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Anne Marie Merritt Cc: trondmy@primarydata.com, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, Anne Marie Merritt Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] nfs: add support for additional attributes and ioctl to access Message-ID: <20160530160340.GA8137@infradead.org> References: <1464542092-19605-1-git-send-email-anne.marie.merritt@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1464542092-19605-1-git-send-email-anne.marie.merritt@gmail.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Anne, we really should not any of these as a special hacks specific to a file system. Take a look at thread on xstat on linux-fsdevel for a more general solution.