From 1601fbad2b14e0b8d4dbb55e749bfe31e972818a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mimi Zohar Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:23:34 -0500 Subject: xattr: define vfs_getxattr_alloc and vfs_xattr_cmp vfs_getxattr_alloc() and vfs_xattr_cmp() are two new kernel xattr helper functions. vfs_getxattr_alloc() first allocates memory for the requested xattr and then retrieves it. vfs_xattr_cmp() compares a given value with the contents of an extended attribute. Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar Acked-by: Serge Hallyn --- include/linux/xattr.h | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/xattr.h') diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h index 7a378662ddf..4703f6bd1f5 100644 --- a/include/linux/xattr.h +++ b/include/linux/xattr.h @@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size); int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags); int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name); - +ssize_t vfs_getxattr_alloc(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, + char **xattr_value, size_t size, gfp_t flags); +int vfs_xattr_cmp(struct dentry *dentry, const char *xattr_name, + const char *value, size_t size, gfp_t flags); #endif /* __KERNEL__ */ #endif /* _LINUX_XATTR_H */ -- cgit v1.2.3