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Re: [nfsv4] xattr model in draft-naik-nfsv4-xattrs-01?

Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Tue, 07 October 2014 09:38 UTC

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Subject: Re: [nfsv4] xattr model in draft-naik-nfsv4-xattrs-01?
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On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 12:06:49AM -0500, Nico Williams wrote:
> 
> IMO:
> 
>  - for listing attributes the READDIR model should be followed (a
>    pageable list+get operation)

While I'm still concerned about the lack of list+get in OS APIs
if we want to support a list+get that is indeed the way to go.  A real
GETXATTR similar to GETATTR and a LISTXATTR that is the readdir equivalent.

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