linux-next/include/linux/xattr.h

/*
  File: linux/xattr.h

  Extended attributes handling.

  Copyright (C) 2001 by Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
  Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
  Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc., James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_XATTR_H
#define _LINUX_XATTR_H

#define XATTR_CREATE	0x1	/* set value, fail if attr already exists */
#define XATTR_REPLACE	0x2	/* set value, fail if attr does not exist */

#ifdef  __KERNEL__

#include <linux/types.h>

/* Namespaces */
#define XATTR_OS2_PREFIX "os2."
#define XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof (XATTR_OS2_PREFIX) - 1)

#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX	"security."
#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof (XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1)

#define XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX "system."
#define XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof (XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX) - 1)

#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "trusted."
#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof (XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX) - 1)

#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof (XATTR_USER_PREFIX) - 1)

struct inode;
struct dentry;

struct xattr_handler {
	char *prefix;
	size_t (*list)(struct inode *inode, char *list, size_t list_size,
		       const char *name, size_t name_len);
	int (*get)(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
		   size_t size);
	int (*set)(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
		   size_t size, int flags);
};

ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, char *, void *, size_t);
ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size);
int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, char *, void *, size_t, int);
int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, char *);

ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);

#endif  /*  __KERNEL__  */

#endif	/* _LINUX_XATTR_H */