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 <zohar@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
index 7a37866..4703f6b 100644
--- a/include/linux/xattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/xattr.h
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@
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 */