On Jul 18, 2008 10:10 +0200, Diego . wrote:
> Can you point me to some web where i can get updated info about
> fsdevel in general? ( kernel apis.. etc..)
Reading linux/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt is a good start, along
with other documents there. Maybe kernenewbies has some wiki pages also.
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Jul 17, 2008 13:55 +0200, Diego . wrote:
> >> My question comes when i tried to finish befs port ( write mode ) on
> >> the kernel sources..
> >> How can i make the extensible attributes and live queries available to
> >> linux user/programs?
> >>
> >> Is there some way to register this services?
> >
> > I'm guessing that xattrs (via sys_{get,set,list}xattr(), used by
> > user tools getfattr/setfattr/libattr) will get you much of what you
> > want.
> >
> > In order to notify applications about "live queries" you may want to
> > look at the dnotify or inotify mechanisms, having an application
> > get a notification on a "virtual search" file, or similar.
Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
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