Re: extended attributes and lsextattr/extattr_list_file

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

YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost> wrote:

> what i don't understand and was guessing is why we need two sets of
> native syscalls.  one of them can be in libc.

The Linux-flavor API has option for test-and-set operation on attribute.
It cannot be done in libc, that really require to be done in the kernel.

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