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| From | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call |
| Date | 2016-04-29 15:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rtgbv-69i-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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
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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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[RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:00 +0200
[PATCH 4/6] statx: NFS: Return enhanced file attributes David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 4/6] statx: NFS: Return enhanced file attributes Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2016-05-03 00:50 +0200
[PATCH 6/6] statx: CIFS: Return enhanced attributes David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:00 +0200
[PATCH 3/6] statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 3/6] statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2016-05-03 00:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 3/6] statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-03 22:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 3/6] statx: Ext4: Return enhanced file attributes Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-08 10:40 +0200
[PATCH 5/6] statx: Make windows attributes available for CIFS, NTFS and FAT to use David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 5/6] statx: Make windows attributes available for CIFS, NTFS and FAT to use Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2016-05-03 01:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 5/6] statx: Make windows attributes available for CIFS, NTFS and FAT to use David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-03 22:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 5/6] statx: Make windows attributes available for CIFS, NTFS and FAT to use Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-08 10:40 +0200
[PATCH 2/6] statx: AFS: Return enhanced file attributes David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-04-29 15:20 +0200
Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2016-04-30 23:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-03 18:00 +0200
Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-05-04 15:50 +0200
Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 04:10 +0200
Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/6] Enhanced file stat system call Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-05-09 15:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2016-05-05 01:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available NeilBrown <nfbrown@novell.com> - 2016-05-05 02:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2016-05-05 21:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-05 22:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2016-05-06 03:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields) - 2016-05-06 20:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available bfields@fieldses.org (J. Bruce Fields) - 2016-05-06 20:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2016-05-09 03:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org> - 2016-05-09 04:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available NeilBrown <nfbrown@novell.com> - 2016-05-05 02:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-08 10:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2016-05-09 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-10 09:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Jeff Layton <jlayton@poochiereds.net> - 2016-05-10 15:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-09 15:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-09 15:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Trond Myklebust <trondmy@primarydata.com> - 2016-05-09 15:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-10 09:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-10 10:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-12 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-09 15:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-10 09:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-10 10:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2016-05-12 11:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 1/6] statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-05-09 15:50 +0200
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