Re: extended attributes (need help)

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote:

> If it's to find the extended-attribute database -- don't do that.
> Use a reserved inode like LFS does for the ifile.

There is one file per attribute. That namei() call is there to prepare
for a vn_open() with the CREATE flag, to create a new file.

The directory layout is as this:

/mount-point/.attribute/
/mount-point/.attribute/user/
/mount-point/.attribute/user/attribute1
/mount-point/.attribute/user/attribute2
/mount-point/.attribute/user/attribute3
...
/mount-point/.attribute/system/
/mount-point/.attribute/system/attribute1
/mount-point/.attribute/system/attribute2
...

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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