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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xattr.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/xattr.c | 24 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -790,6 +790,30 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_listxattr); EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_setxattr); EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_removexattr); +/** + * xattr_full_name - Compute full attribute name from suffix + * + * @handler: handler of the xattr_handler operation + * @name: name passed to the xattr_handler operation + * + * The get and set xattr handler operations are called with the remainder of + * the attribute name after skipping the handler's prefix: for example, "foo" + * is passed to the get operation of a handler with prefix "user." to get + * attribute "user.foo". The full name is still "there" in the name though. + * + * Note: the list xattr handler operation when called from the vfs is passed a + * NULL name; some file systems use this operation internally, with varying + * semantics. + */ +const char *xattr_full_name(const struct xattr_handler *handler, + const char *name) +{ + size_t prefix_len = strlen(handler->prefix); + + return name - prefix_len; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(xattr_full_name); + /* * Allocate new xattr and copy in the value; but leave the name to callers. */ |