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+/*
+  File: fs/ext3/xattr.h
+
+  On-disk format of extended attributes for the ext3 filesystem.
+
+  (C) 2001 Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
+*/
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/xattr.h>
+
+/* Magic value in attribute blocks */
+#define EXT3_XATTR_MAGIC		0xEA020000
+
+/* Maximum number of references to one attribute block */
+#define EXT3_XATTR_REFCOUNT_MAX		1024
+
+/* Name indexes */
+#define EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_USER			1
+#define EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS	2
+#define EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT	3
+#define EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_TRUSTED		4
+#define	EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_LUSTRE			5
+#define EXT3_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY	        6
+
+struct ext3_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 ext3_xattr_ibody_header {
+	__le32	h_magic;	/* magic number for identification */
+};
+
+struct ext3_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 EXT3_XATTR_PAD_BITS		2
+#define EXT3_XATTR_PAD		(1<<EXT3_XATTR_PAD_BITS)
+#define EXT3_XATTR_ROUND		(EXT3_XATTR_PAD-1)
+#define EXT3_XATTR_LEN(name_len) \
+	(((name_len) + EXT3_XATTR_ROUND + \
+	sizeof(struct ext3_xattr_entry)) & ~EXT3_XATTR_ROUND)
+#define EXT3_XATTR_NEXT(entry) \
+	( (struct ext3_xattr_entry *)( \
+	  (char *)(entry) + EXT3_XATTR_LEN((entry)->e_name_len)) )
+#define EXT3_XATTR_SIZE(size) \
+	(((size) + EXT3_XATTR_ROUND) & ~EXT3_XATTR_ROUND)
+
+# ifdef CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR
+
+extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_user_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_trusted_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_access_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_acl_default_handler;
+extern struct xattr_handler ext3_xattr_security_handler;
+
+extern ssize_t ext3_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
+
+extern int ext3_xattr_get(struct inode *, int, const char *, void *, size_t);
+extern int ext3_xattr_list(struct inode *, char *, size_t);
+extern int ext3_xattr_set(struct inode *, int, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
+extern int ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *, struct inode *, int, const char *, const void *, size_t, int);
+
+extern void ext3_xattr_delete_inode(handle_t *, struct inode *);
+extern void ext3_xattr_put_super(struct super_block *);
+
+extern int init_ext3_xattr(void);
+extern void exit_ext3_xattr(void);
+
+extern struct xattr_handler *ext3_xattr_handlers[];
+
+# else  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR */
+
+static inline int
+ext3_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
+	       void *buffer, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ext3_xattr_list(struct inode *inode, void *buffer, size_t size)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ext3_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
+	       const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline int
+ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index,
+	       const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline void
+ext3_xattr_delete_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void
+ext3_xattr_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int
+init_ext3_xattr(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+exit_ext3_xattr(void)
+{
+}
+
+#define ext3_xattr_handlers	NULL
+
+# endif  /* CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR */