Hi all,
GSoC is coming to an end. It is time to report my work during this summer.
As I said in my proposal, my project has three goals:
- Implement xattr support for ext2fs
- Using xattr to store passive translator
- Port xattr tools to hurd
Now, the first two goals are achieved, I had sumitted two patches for them.
the left work is in progress, I will finish it after gsoc in spare time.
# Implement xattr support for ext2fs
After some discussion[1], we use namespace "gnu." to storing
hurd-spceifed meta
message. (The anohter reason that doesn't mentioned in aboved discussion is
that: this namespace is already used in glibc[2])
The work about xattr support is based on Cascardo's previous patch[3].
Current ext2fs only supports two xattr namespaces: "user." and "gnu.",
It is no diffcult to add more namespaces, we only add what we need ;-P.
# Using xattr to store passive translator
After implement the xattr support, I modified `diskfs_set_translator' and
`diskfs_get_translator' (functions in ext2fs/inode.c) to add xattr support:
- When setting a passive translator, if xattr is supported on current
filesystem,
passive translator will be stored as a xattr value with name
"gnu.translator".
Otherwise, the "leagcy translator" will be created.
- When reading a passive translator, if "leagcy translator" was found,
take it out.
Otherwise, try to find xattr value with name "gnu.translator"
Note: Although xattr name&value can be created/modified on other system
(such as Linux), passive translator should only work on hurd-created
filesytem (it was discussed in #hurd[4]).
# Port xattr tools to hurd
Until now, libdiskfs & glibc interface has roughly finished.
My code hasn't been merged to upstream yet, you can check them in the
following
repositories:
https://github.com/lastavenger/gsoc-2016
https://github.com/lastavenger/hurd
https://github.com/lastavenger/glibc
At last, Thank to all the people who gave me helps, especially my two
mentors
braunr and teythoon :-).
[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2016-07/msg00014.html
[2]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/glibc.git/tree/hurd/xattr.c?h=baseline#n27
[3] https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?5126
[4] http://richtlijn.be/~larstiq/hurd/hurd-2016-08-08
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Best regards
Shengyu Zhang
