I agree - except there is no 'approved' interface for extended attributes
yet. This is as much a way for us to exercise the code in the kernel and a
proof of concept as anything else. If the final version of an extended
attribute interface is different then we will change to match it.
Steve
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 11:12:18AM -0500, Ted Kline wrote:
> >
> > Implement the interfaces & supporting code to support Irix-style
> > Extended Attributes, specifically:
> >
> > attr_get() attr_getf()
> > attr_set() attr_setf()
> > attr_list() attr_listf()
> > attr_remove() attr_removef()
> >
> > Also implement the "xfs_attr" utility command.
> > Update xfs_repair & xfs_db.
> >
> > See near the top of cmd/xfs/attr/xfs_attr.c for a temporary
> > example of how to "define" the syscalls without having an
> > updated asm/unistd.h installed.
>
> I think it would be a good idea if you reserved syscalls slot(s) from
> Linus for that. Otherwise there will be a big mess with binary
> compatibility sooner or later.
>
> -Andi
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