Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753519AbcKRV1b (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:27:31 -0500 Received: from ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.145]:14309 "EHLO ipmail06.adl6.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753463AbcKRV13 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Nov 2016 16:27:29 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A2BzJACdcS9YELuKLHleHAEBBAEBCgEBgzcBAQEBAR+BWIJ7g3mcNAQBBoEcjCGGN4QVhhsCAgEBAoINVAECAQEBAQECBgEBAQEBAQEBN0WEaAEBAQMBOhwjBQsIAw4KCSUPBSUDBxoTiGQHrmWLTwEBAQEGAgEkHoVUhSSHeoISHgWaS5BnkDKNW4QLgUMRDIVSKjSIQwEBAQ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 08:27:25 +1100 From: Dave Chinner To: David Howells Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Message-ID: <20161118212725.GA31101@dastard> References: <20161117234047.GE28177@dastard> <147938969703.13574.10295364502230379833.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <147938970382.13574.11581172952175034619.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <27040.1479464944@warthog.procyon.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <27040.1479464944@warthog.procyon.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 957 Lines: 27 On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:29:04AM +0000, David Howells wrote: > Dave Chinner wrote: > > > > (13) FS_IOC_GETFLAGS value. These could be translated to BSD's st_flags. > > > Note that the Linux IOC flags are a mess and filesystems such as Ext4 > > > define flags that aren't in linux/fs.h, so translation in the kernel > > > may be a necessity (or, possibly, we provide the filesystem type too). > > > > And we now also have FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR that extends the flags > > and information userspace can get from filesystems. > > Btw, can you point me at the manpage that defines the fsxattr struct and its > flags? man xfsctl is the original source. However, .... > Also, ioctl_list(2) should probably include FS_IOC_FS[GS]ETXATTR. ... I thought patches had been sent to Michael to document them at the VFS ioctl level. maybe I confused it with something else..... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com