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    Subject[RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call
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    Implement a new system call to provide enhanced file stats. The patches can
    be found here:

    http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=xstat


    ===========
    DESCRIPTION
    ===========

    The first patch provides this new system call:

    long ret = statx(int dfd,
    const char *filename,
    unsigned atflag,
    unsigned mask,
    struct statx *buffer);

    This is an enhanced file stat function that provides a number of useful
    features, in summary:

    (1) More information: creation time, data version number, inode generation
    number and flags. A subset of these is available through a number of
    filesystems (such as CIFS, NFS, AFS, Ext4 and BTRFS).

    (2) Lightweight stat (AT_NO_ATTR_SYNC): Ask for just those details of
    interest, and allow a network fs to approximate anything not of
    interest, without going to the server.

    (3) Heavyweight stat (AT_FORCE_ATTR_SYNC): Force a network fs to flush
    buffers and go to the server, even if it thinks its cached attributes
    are up to date.

    (4) Allow the filesystem to indicate what it can/cannot provide: A
    filesystem can now say it doesn't support a standard stat feature if
    that isn't available.

    (5) Make the fields a consistent size on all arches, and make them large.

    (6) Can be extended by using more request flags and using up the padding
    space in the statx struct.

    Note that no lstat() equivalent is required as that can be implemented
    through statx() with atflag == 0. There is also no fstat() equivalent as
    that can be implemented through statx() with filename == NULL and the
    relevant fd passed as dfd.


    =======
    TESTING
    =======

    A test program is added into samples/statx/ by the first patch.

    David
    ---
    David Howells (6):
    statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available
    statx: AFS: Return enhanced file attributes
    statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes
    statx: NFS: Return enhanced file attributes
    statx: Make windows attributes available for CIFS, NTFS and FAT to use
    statx: CIFS: Return enhanced attributes


    arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl | 1
    arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl | 1
    fs/afs/inode.c | 24 ++-
    fs/cifs/cifsfs.h | 4
    fs/cifs/cifsglob.h | 8 +
    fs/cifs/dir.c | 2
    fs/cifs/inode.c | 117 +++++++++---
    fs/exportfs/expfs.c | 4
    fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2
    fs/ext4/file.c | 2
    fs/ext4/inode.c | 30 +++
    fs/ext4/namei.c | 2
    fs/ext4/symlink.c | 2
    fs/nfs/inode.c | 41 ++++
    fs/stat.c | 306 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
    include/linux/fs.h | 5 -
    include/linux/stat.h | 15 +-
    include/linux/syscalls.h | 4
    include/uapi/linux/fcntl.h | 2
    include/uapi/linux/stat.h | 135 ++++++++++++++
    samples/Makefile | 2
    samples/statx/Makefile | 10 +
    samples/statx/test-statx.c | 274 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    23 files changed, 910 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
    create mode 100644 samples/statx/Makefile
    create mode 100644 samples/statx/test-statx.c

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