fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
fs/ext4/xattr_security.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 1676 bytes
- Lines
- 67
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- VFS And Filesystem Core
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/string.hlinux/fs.hlinux/security.hlinux/slab.hext4_jbd2.hext4.hxattr.h
Detected Declarations
function ext4_xattr_security_getfunction ext4_xattr_security_setfunction ext4_initxattrsfunction ext4_init_security
Annotated Snippet
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* linux/fs/ext4/xattr_security.c
* Handler for storing security labels as extended attributes.
*/
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include "ext4_jbd2.h"
#include "ext4.h"
#include "xattr.h"
static int
ext4_xattr_security_get(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
{
return ext4_xattr_get(inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
name, buffer, size);
}
static int
ext4_xattr_security_set(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
struct dentry *unused, struct inode *inode,
const char *name, const void *value,
size_t size, int flags)
{
return ext4_xattr_set(inode, EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
name, value, size, flags);
}
static int
ext4_initxattrs(struct inode *inode, const struct xattr *xattr_array,
void *fs_info)
{
const struct xattr *xattr;
handle_t *handle = fs_info;
int err = 0;
for (xattr = xattr_array; xattr->name != NULL; xattr++) {
err = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY,
xattr->name, xattr->value,
xattr->value_len, XATTR_CREATE);
if (err < 0)
break;
}
return err;
}
int
ext4_init_security(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir,
const struct qstr *qstr)
{
return security_inode_init_security(inode, dir, qstr,
&ext4_initxattrs, handle);
}
const struct xattr_handler ext4_xattr_security_handler = {
.prefix = XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX,
.get = ext4_xattr_security_get,
.set = ext4_xattr_security_set,
};
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/string.h`, `linux/fs.h`, `linux/security.h`, `linux/slab.h`, `ext4_jbd2.h`, `ext4.h`, `xattr.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function ext4_xattr_security_get`, `function ext4_xattr_security_set`, `function ext4_initxattrs`, `function ext4_init_security`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / VFS And Filesystem Core.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.