linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/10] vfs: Distinguish between full xattr names and proper prefixes

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2015 14:45:17 +0100
From:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/10] vfs: Distinguish between full xattr names and
 proper prefixes

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 10:42 AM, James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org> 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 <agruenba@...hat.com>
>
> Is it worth making an inline wrapper for 'handler->prefix ?:
> handler->name' ?

Yes, I did that.

Thanks,
Andreas
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