linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] getting misc stats/attributes via xattr API

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Date:   Tue, 10 May 2022 17:47:13 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-man <linux-man@...r.kernel.org>,
        LSM <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] getting misc stats/attributes via xattr API

On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 17:30, Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org> wrote:

> But now we're in the process of extending the *xattr() calls to operate
> on mounts and filesystems so an additional getfsattr() (or another name)
> is not fragmentation imho. And I definitely don't think this would
> qualify as "crazy".

In that spirit st_dev does not belong in struct stat, because that is
the property of the block device, not the inode.

But I feel we are going round in circles, lets please not get hung up
on this issue.  Linus will have the final word on which variant (if
either) is going to go in.

Thanks,
Miklos