Christoph Hellwig
2019-Aug-28 14:26 UTC
[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH v8] Add flags option to get xattr method paired to __vfs_getxattr
On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 08:05:15AM -0700, Mark Salyzyn wrote:> Replace arguments for get and set xattr methods, and __vfs_getxattr > and __vfs_setaxtr functions with a reference to the following now > common argument structure:Yikes. That looks like a mess. Why can't we pass a kernel-only flag in the existing flags field for ?>set and add a flags field to ->get? Passing methods by structure always tends to be a mess.