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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2000 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ *
+ * Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it is
+ * free of the rightful claim of any third person regarding infringement
+ * or the like. Any license provided herein, whether implied or
+ * otherwise, applies only to this software file. Patent licenses, if
+ * any, provided herein do not apply to combinations of this program with
+ * other software, or any other product whatsoever.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
+ * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Contact information: Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy,
+ * Mountain View, CA 94043, or:
+ *
+ * http://www.sgi.com
+ *
+ * For further information regarding this notice, see:
+ *
+ * http://oss.sgi.com/projects/GenInfo/SGIGPLNoticeExplan/
+ */
+#ifndef __ATTRIBUTES_H__
+#define __ATTRIBUTES_H__
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * The (experimental) Linux generic attribute syscall - attrctl(2)
+ */
+
+typedef union attr_obj {
+ char *path;
+ int fd;
+ pid_t pid;
+} attr_obj_t;
+
+typedef struct attr_op {
+ int opcode; /* which operation to perform */
+ int error; /* result (an errno) of this operation [out] */
+ char *name; /* attribute name */
+ char *value; /* attribute value [in/out] */
+ int length; /* value length [in/out] */
+ int flags; /* bitwise OR of #defines below */
+ void *aux; /* optional cmd specific data */
+} attr_op_t;
+
+extern int attrctl (attr_obj_t __obj, int __type, attr_op_t *__ops, int __count);
+
+/*
+ * attr_obj_t type identifiers
+ */
+#define ATTR_TYPE_FD 1 /* file descriptor */
+#define ATTR_TYPE_PATH 2 /* path - follow symlinks */
+#define ATTR_TYPE_LPATH 3 /* path - don't follow symlinks */
+#define ATTR_TYPE_PID 4 /* process id */
+
+/*
+ * attrctl(2) commands
+ */
+#define ATTR_OP_GET 1 /* return the indicated attr's value */
+#define ATTR_OP_SET 2 /* set/create the indicated attr/value pair */
+#define ATTR_OP_REMOVE 3 /* remove the indicated attr */
+#define ATTR_OP_LIST 4 /* list attributes associated with a file */
+#define ATTR_OP_EXT 32 /* for supporting extensions */
+
+/*
+ * Valid command flags, may be used with all attrctl(2) commands.
+ * Flags should be bitwise OR'ed together.
+ */
+#define ATTR_ROOT 0x0001 /* use attrs in root namespace, not user */
+#define ATTR_CREATE 0x0002 /* pure create: fail if attr already exists */
+#define ATTR_REPLACE 0x0004 /* pure set: fail if attr does not exist */
+#define ATTR_SHIFT 16 /* for supporting extensions */
+
+/*
+ * Additional API specific opcodes & flags
+ */
+#define ATTR_OP_IRIX_LIST (ATTR_OP_EXT + 0) /* IRIX: for supporting strange */
+ /* attr_list(f) API semantics */
+#define ATTR_DONTFOLLOW (0x0001 << ATTR_SHIFT) /* IRIX: do not follow symlinks */
+ /* (now redundant) */
+#define ATTR_TRUST (0x0002 << ATTR_SHIFT) /* IRIX: tell server we can be */
+ /* trusted to properly handle */
+ /* extended attributes */
+
+/*
+ *
+ * The IRIX extended attributes API, fully implemented by XFS
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The maximum size (into the kernel or returned from the kernel) of an
+ * attribute value or the buffer used for an attr_list() call. Larger
+ * sizes will result in an E2BIG return code.
+ */
+#define ATTR_MAX_VALUELEN (64*1024) /* max length of a value */
+
+/*
+ * Define how lists of attribute names are returned to the user from
+ * the attr_list() syscall. A large, 32bit aligned, buffer is passed in
+ * along with its size. We put an array of offsets at the top that each
+ * reference an attrlist_ent_t and pack the attrlist_ent_t's at the bottom.
+ */
+typedef struct attrlist {
+ __s32 al_count; /* number of entries in attrlist */
+ __s32 al_more; /* T/F: more attrs (do syscall again) */
+ __s32 al_offset[1]; /* byte offsets of attrs [var-sized] */
+} attrlist_t;
+
+/*
+ * Show the interesting info about one attribute. This is what the
+ * al_offset[i] entry points to.
+ */
+typedef struct attrlist_ent { /* data from attr_list() */
+ __u32 a_valuelen; /* number bytes in value of attr */
+ char a_name[1]; /* attr name (NULL terminated) */
+} attrlist_ent_t;
+
+/*
+ * Given a pointer to the (char*) buffer containing the attr_list() result,
+ * and an index, return a pointer to the indicated attribute in the buffer.
+ */
+#define ATTR_ENTRY(buffer, index) \
+ ((attrlist_ent_t *) \
+ &((char *)buffer)[ ((attrlist_t *)(buffer))->al_offset[index] ])
+
+
+/*
+ * Implement a "cursor" for use in successive attr_list() system calls.
+ * It provides a way to find the last attribute that was returned in the
+ * last attr_list() syscall so that we can get the next one without missing
+ * any. This should be bzero()ed before use and whenever it is desired to
+ * start over from the beginning of the attribute list. The only valid
+ * operation on a cursor is to bzero() it.
+ */
+typedef struct attrlist_cursor {
+ __u32 opaque[4]; /* an opaque cookie */
+} attrlist_cursor_t;
+
+/*
+ * Multi-attribute operation vector.
+ */
+typedef struct attr_multiop {
+ int am_opcode; /* which operation to perform (ATTR_OP_GET etc.)*/
+ int am_error; /* [out arg] result of this sub-op (an errno) */
+ char *am_attrname; /* attribute name to work with */
+ char *am_attrvalue; /* [in/out arg] attribute value (raw bytes) */
+ int am_length; /* [in/out arg] length of value */
+ int am_flags; /* bitwise OR of attrctl(2) flags defined above */
+} attr_multiop_t;
+#define ATTR_MAX_MULTIOPS 128 /* max number ops in an oplist array */
+
+/*
+ * Get the value of an attribute.
+ * Valuelength must be set to the maximum size of the value buffer, it will
+ * be set to the actual number of bytes used in the value buffer upon return.
+ * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
+ */
+extern int attr_get (const char *path, const char *attrname, char *attrvalue,
+ int *valuelength, int flags);
+extern int attr_getf (int fd, const char *attrname, char *attrvalue,
+ int *valuelength, int flags);
+
+/*
+ * Set the value of an attribute, creating the attribute if necessary.
+ * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
+ */
+extern int attr_set (const char *__path, const char *__attrname,
+ const char *__attrvalue, const int __valuelength,
+ int __flags);
+extern int attr_setf (int __fd, const char *__attrname,
+ const char *__attrvalue, const int __valuelength,
+ int __flags);
+
+/*
+ * Remove an attribute.
+ * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
+ */
+extern int attr_remove (const char *__path, const char *__attrname,
+ int __flags);
+extern int attr_removef (int __fd, const char *__attrname, int __flags);
+
+/*
+ * List the names and sizes of the values of all the attributes of an object.
+ * "Cursor" must be allocated and zeroed before the first call, it is used
+ * to maintain context between system calls if all the attribute names won't
+ * fit into the buffer on the first system call.
+ * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
+ */
+extern int attr_list (const char *__path, char *__buffer,
+ const int __buffersize, int __flags,
+ attrlist_cursor_t *__cursor);
+extern int attr_listf (int __fd, char *__buffer, const int __buffersize,
+ int __flags, attrlist_cursor_t *__cursor);
+
+/*
+ * Operate on multiple attributes of the same object simultaneously.
+ *
+ * This call will save on system call overhead when many attributes are
+ * going to be operated on.
+ *
+ * The return value is -1 on error (w/errno set appropriately), 0 on success.
+ * Note that this call will not return -1 as a result of failure of any
+ * of the sub-operations, their return value is stored in each element
+ * of the operation array. This call will return -1 for a failure of the
+ * call as a whole, eg: if the pathname doesn't exist, or the fd is bad.
+ *
+ * The semantics and allowable values for the fields in a attr_multiop_t
+ * are the same as the semantics and allowable values for the arguments to
+ * the corresponding "simple" attribute interface. For example: the args
+ * to a ATTR_OP_GET are the same as the args to an attr_get() call.
+ */
+extern int attr_multi (const char *__path, attr_multiop_t *__oplist,
+ int __count, int __flags);
+extern int attr_multif (int __fd, attr_multiop_t *__oplist,
+ int __count, int __flags);
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+/*
+ * The DMI needs a way to update attributes without affecting the inode
+ * timestamps. Note that this flag is not settable from user mode, it is
+ * kernel internal only, but it must not conflict with the above flags either.
+ */
+#define ATTR_KERNOTIME (0x0004 << ATTR_SHIFT) /* IRIX: don't update the inode */
+ /* timestamps */
+
+/*
+ * Kernel-internal version of the attrlist cursor.
+ */
+typedef struct attrlist_cursor_kern {
+ __u32 hashval; /* hash value of next entry to add */
+ __u32 blkno; /* block containing entry (suggestion)*/
+ __u32 offset; /* offset in list of equal-hashvals */
+ __u16 pad1; /* padding to match user-level */
+ __u8 pad2; /* padding to match user-level */
+ __u8 initted; /* T/F: cursor has been initialized */
+} attrlist_cursor_kern_t;
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __ATTRIBUTES_H__ */