diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.h b/fs/ext2/xattr.h
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+/*
+  File: linux/ext2_xattr.h
+
+  On-disk format of extended attributes for the ext2 filesystem.
+
+  (C) 2001 Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
+*/
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+
+/* Magic value in attribute blocks */
+#define EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC		0xEA020000
+
+/* Maximum number of references to one attribute block */
+#define EXT2_XATTR_REFCOUNT_MAX		1024
+
+/* Name indexes */
+#define EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_USER			1
+#define EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS	2
+#define EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT	3
+#define EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED		4
+#define	EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_LUSTRE			5
+#define EXT2_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY	        6
+
+struct ext2_xattr_header {
+	__le32	h_magic;	/* magic number for identification */
+	__le32	h_refcount;	/* reference count */
+	__le32	h_blocks;	/* number of disk blocks used */
+	__le32	h_hash;		/* hash value of all attributes */
+	__u32	h_reserved[4];	/* zero right now */
+};
+
+struct ext2_xattr_entry {
+	__u8	e_name_len;	/* length of name */
+	__u8	e_name_index;	/* attribute name index */
+	__le16	e_value_offs;	/* offset in disk block of value */
+	__le32	e_value_block;	/* disk block attribute is stored on (n/i) */
+	__le32	e_value_size;	/* size of attribute value */
+	__le32	e_hash;		/* hash value of name and value */
+	char	e_name[0];	/* attribute name */
+};
+
+#define EXT2_XATTR_PAD_BITS		2
+#define EXT2_XATTR_PAD		(1<<EXT2_XATTR_PAD_BITS)
+#define EXT2_XATTR_ROUND		(EXT2_XATTR_PAD-1)
+#define EXT2_XATTR_LEN(name_len) \
+	(((name_len) + EXT2_XATTR_ROUND + \
+	sizeof(struct ext2_xattr_entry)) & ~EXT2_XATTR_ROUND)
+#define EXT2_XATTR_NEXT(entry) \
+	( (struct ext2_xattr_entry *)( \
+	  (char *)(entry) + EXT2_XATTR_LEN((entry)->e_name_len)) )
+#define EXT2_XATTR_SIZE(size) \
+	(((size) + EXT2_XATTR_ROUND) & ~EXT2_XATTR_ROUND)
+
+# ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR
+
+extern struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_user_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_trusted_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_access_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_acl_default_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext2_xattr_security_handler;
+
+extern ssize_t ext2_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
+
+extern int ext2_xattr_get(struct inode *, int, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern int ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *, int, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
+
+extern void ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *);
+extern void ext2_xattr_put_super(struct super_block *);
+
+extern int init_ext2_xattr(void);
+extern void exit_ext2_xattr(void);
+
+extern struct xattr_handler *ext2_xattr_handlers[];
+
+# else  /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR */
+
+static inline int
+ext2_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index,
+	       const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
+	       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline void
+ext2_xattr_delete_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void
+ext2_xattr_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int
+init_ext2_xattr(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+exit_ext2_xattr(void)
+{
+}
+
+#define ext2_xattr_handlers NULL
+
+# endif  /* CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR */
+