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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/extattr_get_file.2 b/lib/libc/sys/extattr_get_file.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fd2a18 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/sys/extattr_get_file.2 @@ -0,0 +1,269 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 23, 2005 +.Dt EXTATTR 2 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm extattr_get_fd , +.Nm extattr_set_fd , +.Nm extattr_delete_fd , +.Nm extattr_list_fd , +.Nm extattr_get_file , +.Nm extattr_set_file , +.Nm extattr_delete_file , +.Nm extattr_list_file , +.Nm extattr_get_link , +.Nm extattr_set_link , +.Nm extattr_delete_link , +.Nm extattr_list_link +.Nd system calls to manipulate VFS extended attributes +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In sys/extattr.h +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_get_fd "int fd" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_set_fd "int fd" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "const void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_delete_fd "int fd" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_list_fd "int fd" "int attrnamespace" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_get_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_set_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "const void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_delete_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_list_file "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_get_link "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_set_link "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" "const void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Ft int +.Fn extattr_delete_link "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "const char *attrname" +.Ft ssize_t +.Fn extattr_list_link "const char *path" "int attrnamespace" "void *data" "size_t nbytes" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Named extended attributes are meta-data associated with vnodes +representing files and directories. +They exist as +.Qq Li name=value +pairs within a set of namespaces. +.Pp +The +.Fn extattr_get_file +system call retrieves the value of the specified extended attribute into +a buffer pointed to by +.Fa data +of size +.Fa nbytes . +The +.Fn extattr_set_file +system call sets the value of the specified extended attribute to the data +described by +.Fa data . +The +.Fn extattr_delete_file +system call deletes the extended attribute specified. +The +.Fn extattr_list_file +returns a list of attributes present in the requested namespace. +Each list entry consists of a single byte containing the length +of the attribute name, followed by the attribute name. +The attribute name is not terminated by ASCII 0 (nul). +The +.Fn extattr_get_file , +and +.Fn extattr_list_file +calls consume the +.Fa data +and +.Fa nbytes +arguments in the style of +.Xr read 2 ; +.Fn extattr_set_file +consumes these arguments in the style of +.Xr write 2 . +.Pp +If +.Fa data +is +.Dv NULL +in a call to +.Fn extattr_get_file +then the size of defined extended attribute data will be returned, rather +than the quantity read, permitting applications to test the size of the +data without performing a read. +The +.Fn extattr_delete_link , +.Fn extattr_get_link , +and +.Fn extattr_set_link +system calls behave in the same way as their _file counterparts, except that +they do not follow symlinks. +.Pp +The +.Fn extattr_get_fd , +.Fn extattr_set_fd , +and +.Fn extattr_delete_fd +calls are identical to their +.Qq Li _file +counterparts except for the first argument. +The +.Qq Li _fd +functions take a file descriptor, while the +.Qq Li _file +functions take a path. +Both arguments describe a file associated with the extended attribute +that should be manipulated. +.Pp +The following arguments are common to all the system calls described here: +.Bl -tag -width attrnamespace +.It Fa attrnamespace +the namespace in which the extended attribute resides; see +.Xr extattr 9 +.It Fa attrname +the name of the extended attribute +.El +.Pp +Named extended attribute semantics vary by file system implementing the call. +Not all operations may be supported for a particular attribute. +Additionally, the format of the data in +.Fa data +is attribute-specific. +.Pp +For more information on named extended attributes, please see +.Xr extattr 9 . +.Sh CAVEAT +This interface is under active development, and as such is subject to +change as applications are adapted to use it. +Developers are discouraged from relying on its stability. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, the +.Fn extattr_get_file +and +.Fn extattr_set_file +calls return the number of bytes +that were read or written from the +.Fa data , +respectively, or if +.Fa data +was +.Dv NULL , +then +.Fn extattr_get_file +returns the number of bytes available to read. +If any of the calls are unsuccessful, the value \-1 is returned +and the global variable +.Va errno +is set to indicate the error. +.Pp +.Rv -std extattr_delete_file +.Sh ERRORS +The following errors may be returned by the system calls themselves. +Additionally, the file system implementing the call may return any +other errors it desires. +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EFAULT +The +.Fa attrnamespace +and +.Fa attrname +arguments, +or the memory range defined by +.Fa data +and +.Fa nbytes +point outside the process's allocated address space. +.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG +The attribute name was longer than +.Dv EXTATTR_MAXNAMELEN . +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn extattr_get_fd , +.Fn extattr_set_fd , +and +.Fn extattr_delete_fd +system calls may also fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBADF +The file descriptor referenced by +.Fa fd +was invalid. +.El +.Pp +Additionally, the +.Fn extattr_get_file , +.Fn extattr_set_file , +and +.Fn extattr_delete_file +calls may also fail due to the following errors: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er ENOATTR +The requested attribute was not defined for this file. +.It Bq Er ENOTDIR +A component of the path prefix is not a directory. +.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG +A component of a pathname exceeded 255 characters, +or an entire path name exceeded 1023 characters. +.It Bq Er ENOENT +A component of the path name that must exist does not exist. +.It Bq Er EACCES +Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix. +.\" XXX are any missing? +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr extattr 3 , +.Xr getextattr 8 , +.Xr setextattr 8 , +.Xr extattr 9 , +.Xr VOP_GETEXTATTR 9 , +.Xr VOP_SETEXTATTR 9 +.Sh HISTORY +Extended attribute support was developed as part of the +.Tn TrustedBSD +Project, and introduced in +.Fx 5.0 . +It was developed to support security extensions requiring additional labels +to be associated with each file or directory. +.Sh BUGS +In earlier versions of this API, passing an empty string for the +attribute name to +.Fn extattr_get_fd , +.Fn extattr_get_file , +or +.Fn extattr_get_link +would return the list of attributes defined for the target object. +This interface has been deprecated in preference to using the explicit +list API, and should not be used. |