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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
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    Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:

    > > (13) FS_IOC_GETFLAGS value. These could be translated to BSD's st_flags.
    > > Note that the Linux IOC flags are a mess and filesystems such as Ext4
    > > define flags that aren't in linux/fs.h, so translation in the kernel
    > > may be a necessity (or, possibly, we provide the filesystem type too).
    >
    > And we now also have FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR that extends the flags
    > and information userspace can get from filesystems.

    Btw, can you point me at the manpage that defines the fsxattr struct and its
    flags?

    Also, ioctl_list(2) should probably include FS_IOC_FS[GS]ETXATTR.

    David

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