Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758460AbbLBNqY (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:46:24 -0500 Received: from mail-lf0-f52.google.com ([209.85.215.52]:33778 "EHLO mail-lf0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758332AbbLBNpT (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2015 08:45:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1448919823-27103-1-git-send-email-agruenba@redhat.com> <1448919823-27103-5-git-send-email-agruenba@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 14:45:17 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] vfs: Distinguish between full xattr names and proper prefixes From: Andreas Gruenbacher To: James Morris Cc: Alexander Viro , Christoph Hellwig , LKML , linux-fsdevel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 25 On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:42 AM, James Morris wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote: > >> Add an additional "name" field to struct xattr_handler. When the name >> is set, the handler matches attributes with exactly that name. When the >> prefix is set instead, the handler matches attributes with the given >> prefix and with a non-empty suffix. >> >> This patch should avoid bugs like the one fixed in commit c361016a in >> the future. >> >> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher > > Is it worth making an inline wrapper for 'handler->prefix ?: > handler->name' ? Yes, I did that. Thanks, Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/