> On Mar 11, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Frank van der Linden <fllinden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add a function that checks is an extended attribute namespace is
> supported for an inode.
>
> To be used by the nfs server code when being queried for extended
> attributes support.
Here's a patch that needs to be cc: linux-fsdevel.
Also, perhaps 13/14 and 14/14 could be squashed together.
> Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden <fllinden@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/xattr.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/xattr.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
> index 58013bcbc333..7d0ebab1df30 100644
> --- a/fs/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/xattr.c
> @@ -134,6 +134,33 @@ xattr_permission(struct inode *inode, const char *name, int mask)
> return inode_permission(inode, mask);
> }
>
> +/*
> + * Look for any handler that deals with the specified namespace.
> + */
> +int
> +xattr_supported_namespace(struct inode *inode, const char *prefix)
> +{
> + const struct xattr_handler **handlers = inode->i_sb->s_xattr;
> + const struct xattr_handler *handler;
> + size_t preflen;
> +
> + if (!(inode->i_opflags & IOP_XATTR)) {
> + if (unlikely(is_bad_inode(inode)))
> + return -EIO;
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> + }
> +
> + preflen = strlen(prefix);
> +
> + for_each_xattr_handler(handlers, handler) {
> + if (!strncmp(xattr_prefix(handler), prefix, preflen))
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(xattr_supported_namespace);
> +
> int
> __vfs_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode, const char *name,
> const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
> diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
> index 3a71ad716da5..32e377602068 100644
> --- a/include/linux/xattr.h
> +++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_siz
> ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
> char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
>
> +int xattr_supported_namespace(struct inode *inode, const char *prefix);
> +
> static inline const char *xattr_prefix(const struct xattr_handler *handler)
> {
> return handler->prefix ?: handler->name;
> --
> 2.16.6
>
--
Chuck Lever
