diff --git a/include/linux/xattr.h b/include/linux/xattr.h
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+/*
+  File: linux/xattr.h
+
+  Extended attributes handling.
+
+  Copyright (C) 2001 by Andreas Gruenbacher <a.gruenbacher@computer.org>
+  Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Silicon Graphics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+  Copyright (c) 2004 Red Hat, Inc., James Morris <jmorris@redhat.com>
+*/
+#ifndef _LINUX_XATTR_H
+#define _LINUX_XATTR_H
+
+#define XATTR_CREATE	0x1	/* set value, fail if attr already exists */
+#define XATTR_REPLACE	0x2	/* set value, fail if attr does not exist */
+
+#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX	"security."
+
+struct xattr_handler {
+	char *prefix;
+	size_t (*list)(struct inode *inode, char *list, size_t list_size,
+		       const char *name, size_t name_len);
+	int (*get)(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *buffer,
+		   size_t size);
+	int (*set)(struct inode *inode, const char *name, const void *buffer,
+		   size_t size, int flags);
+};
+
+ssize_t generic_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size);
+ssize_t generic_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer, size_t buffer_size);
+int generic_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name, const void *value, size_t size, int flags);
+int generic_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name);
+
+#endif	/* _LINUX_XATTR_H */