| To: | Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>, Andreas Gruenbacher <ag@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Revised extended attributes interface |
| From: | Daniel Phillips <phillips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Fri, 7 Dec 2001 02:45:50 +0100 |
| Cc: | linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20011207101517.B46546@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> |
| References: | <20011205143209.C44610@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> <E16C0PD-0000ot-00@starship.berlin> <20011207101517.B46546@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On December 7, 2001 12:15 am, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > > (unless you go for a binary namespace representation, and that's a
> > > real can of worms).
> >
> > I'm suggesting we take a look at that.
>
> Andreas and I did have such an implementation, but we ditched it.
> The CVS revision history of cmd/attr2/{set,get}fattr/*.c in the XFS
> tree show the progression of user<->kernel interfaces which I tried
> while Andreas and I were nutting out a clean solution that we both
> could use.
>
> Thar be dragons thar. Big hairy ones.
Could you describe them, please?
--
Daniel
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