Linux 4.6-rc6
[cris-mirror.git] / include / linux / xattr.h
blob4457541de3c9be14997fe3b4631d60a32fcdb810
1 /*
2 File: linux/xattr.h
4 Extended attributes handling.
6 Copyright (C) 2001 by Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
7 Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
8 Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc., James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
9 */
10 #ifndef _LINUX_XATTR_H
11 #define _LINUX_XATTR_H
14 #include <linux/slab.h>
15 #include <linux/types.h>
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
17 #include <uapi/linux/xattr.h>
19 struct inode;
20 struct dentry;
23 * struct xattr_handler: When @name is set, match attributes with exactly that
24 * name. When @prefix is set instead, match attributes with that prefix and
25 * with a non-empty suffix.
27 struct xattr_handler {
28 const char *name;
29 const char *prefix;
30 int flags; /* fs private flags */
31 bool (*list)(struct dentry *dentry);
32 int (*get)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
33 const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
34 int (*set)(const struct xattr_handler *, struct dentry *dentry,
35 const char *name, const void *buffer, size_t size,
36 int flags);
39 const char *xattr_full_name(const struct xattr_handler *, const char *);
41 struct xattr {
42 const char *name;
43 void *value;
44 size_t value_len;
47 ssize_t xattr_getsecurity(struct inode *, const char *, void *, size_t);
48 ssize_t vfs_getxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, void *, size_t);
49 ssize_t vfs_listxattr(struct dentry *d, char *list, size_t size);
50 int __vfs_setxattr_noperm(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
51 int vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
52 int vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *, const char *);
54 ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
55 ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
56 int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
57 int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
58 ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
59 char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
61 static inline const char *xattr_prefix(const struct xattr_handler *handler)
63 return handler->prefix ?: handler->name;
66 struct simple_xattrs {
67 struct list_head head;
68 spinlock_t lock;
71 struct simple_xattr {
72 struct list_head list;
73 char *name;
74 size_t size;
75 char value[0];
79 * initialize the simple_xattrs structure
81 static inline void simple_xattrs_init(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs)
83 INIT_LIST_HEAD(&xattrs->head);
84 spin_lock_init(&xattrs->lock);
88 * free all the xattrs
90 static inline void simple_xattrs_free(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs)
92 struct simple_xattr *xattr, *node;
94 list_for_each_entry_safe(xattr, node, &xattrs->head, list) {
95 kfree(xattr->name);
96 kfree(xattr);
100 struct simple_xattr *simple_xattr_alloc(const void *value, size_t size);
101 int simple_xattr_get(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
102 void *buffer, size_t size);
103 int simple_xattr_set(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, const char *name,
104 const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
105 ssize_t simple_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, struct simple_xattrs *xattrs, char *buffer,
106 size_t size);
107 void simple_xattr_list_add(struct simple_xattrs *xattrs,
108 struct simple_xattr *new_xattr);
110 #endif /* _LINUX_XATTR_H */