SYNOPSIS

In sys/param.h In sys/vnode.h In sys/extattr.h Ft int Fo VOP_LISTEXTATTR Fa struct vnode *vp Fa int attrnamespace Fa struct uio *uio Fa size_t *size Fa struct ucred *cred Fa struct thread *td Fc

DESCRIPTION

This vnode call may be used to retrieve a list of named extended attributes from a specified namespace on a file or directory.

Its arguments are:

Fa vp

The vnode of the file or directory.

Fa attrnamespace

Integer constant indicating which extended attribute namespace the attribute name is present in.

Fa uio

The location of the data to be read. The resulting data will be a list of attribute names. Each list entry consists of a single byte containing the length of the attribute name, followed by the attribute name. The attribute name is not terminated by ASCII NUL

Fa size

If not NULL on return it will contain the number of bytes required to read the list. In most cases Fa uio will be NULL when Fa size is not, and vice versa.

Fa cred

The user credentials to use in authorizing the request.

Fa td

The thread requesting the extended attribute.

The Fa cred pointer may be NULL to indicate that access control checks are not to be performed, if possible. This Fa cred setting might be used to allow the kernel to authorize extended attribute retrieval that the active process might not be permitted to do.

Extended attribute semantics may vary by file system implementing the call. More information on extended attributes may be found in extattr(9).

LOCKS

The vnode will be locked on entry and should remain locked on return.

RETURN VALUES

On success, zero will be returned, and the Fa uio structure will be updated to reflect the list read. Otherwise, an appropriate error code is returned.