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2014-07-10make xattr work on DarwinSeebs
More complicated, because we actually need to make com.apple stuff work probably.
2014-04-24Spell flag override correctly, rename flagsPeter Seebach
The "/* flags = AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW */" comment only works if it comes AFTER the semicolon in wrapfuncs.in. Who knew? Fix those. Also rename the "flags" arguments for *setxattr() to "xflags" to avoid any confusion about the flags variable. Signed-off-by: Peter Seebach <peter.seebach@windriver.com>
2014-04-22xattr support and other path stuff: reduce allocation and copyingPeter Seebach
The xattr first-pass implementation was allocating a buffer to hold the name and value for a set operation, then pseudo_client was allocating *another* buffer to hold the path and those two values. pseudo_client_op develops more nuanced argument handling, and also uses a static buffer for the extended paths it sometimes needs. So for the typical use case, only occasional operations will need to reallocate/expand the buffer, and we'll be down to copying things into that buffer once per operation, instead of having two alloc/free pairs and two copies. And of course, that wasn't two alloc/free pairs, it was one alloc/free pair and one alloc without a free. Whoops. Signed-off-by: Peter Seebach <peter.seebach@windriver.com>
2014-04-21Extended attributes: Intercept posix_acl_accessPeter Seebach
In the fairly common case where someone is using setxattr() to specify the "posix_acl_access" attribute, but in fact the ACL list specified can be fully represented in a plain old mode, we intercept the request and just do a chmod. Even if the request can't be fully represented, we try to represent any aspects of it that we can in the plain old mode. Signed-off-by: Peter Seebach <peter.seebach@windriver.com>
2014-04-21Initial draft xattr supportPeter Seebach
Initial, incomplete, support for extended attributes. Extended attributes are implemented fairly naively, using a second table in the file database using the primary file table's id as a foreign key. The ON DELETE CASCADE behavior requires sqlite 3.6.19 or later with foreign key and trigger support compiled in. To reduce round-trips, the client does not check for existing attributes, but rather, sends three distinct set messages; OP_SET_XATTR, OP_CREATE_XATTR, OP_REPLACE_XATTR. A SET message always succeeds, a CREATE fails if the attribute already exists, and a REPLACE fails if the attribute does not already exist. The /* flags */ feature of makewrappers is used to correct path names appropriately, so all functions are already working with complete paths, and can always use functions that work on links; if they were supposed to dereference, the path fixup code got that. The xattr support is enabled, for now, conditional on whether getfattr --help succeeds. Not yet implemented: Translation for system.posix_acl_access, which is used by "cp -a" (or "cp --preserve-all") on some systems to try to copy modes. Signed-off-by: Peter Seebach <peter.seebach@windriver.com>