Wow, thanks andreas!

Can you point me to some web where i can get updated info about
fsdevel in general? ( kernel apis.. etc..)

thanks!!



On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@sun.com> wrote:
quoted text
> On Jul 17, 2008  13:55 +0200, Diego . wrote:
>> My question comes when i tried to finish befs port ( write mode ) on
>> the kernel sources..
>> How can i make the extensible attributes and live queries available to
>> linux user/programs?
>>
>> Is there some way to register this services?
>
> I'm guessing that xattrs (via sys_{get,set,list}xattr(), used by
> user tools getfattr/setfattr/libattr) will get you much of what you
> want.
>
> In order to notify applications about "live queries" you may want to
> look at the dnotify or inotify mechanisms, having an application
> get a notification on a "virtual search" file, or similar.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
> Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.
>
>
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