include/uapi/linux/xattr.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/uapi/linux/xattr.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/uapi/linux/xattr.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 3309 bytes
- Lines
- 97
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- 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/libc-compat.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
struct xattr_args
Annotated Snippet
struct xattr_args {
__aligned_u64 value;
__u32 size;
__u32 flags;
};
#endif
/* Namespaces */
#define XATTR_OS2_PREFIX "os2."
#define XATTR_OS2_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_OS2_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_MAC_OSX_PREFIX "osx."
#define XATTR_MAC_OSX_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_MAC_OSX_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX "btrfs."
#define XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_BTRFS_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_HURD_PREFIX "gnu."
#define XATTR_HURD_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_HURD_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX "security."
#define XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX "system."
#define XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX "trusted."
#define XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_TRUSTED_PREFIX) - 1)
#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX "user."
#define XATTR_USER_PREFIX_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_USER_PREFIX) - 1)
/* Security namespace */
#define XATTR_EVM_SUFFIX "evm"
#define XATTR_NAME_EVM XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_EVM_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_IMA_SUFFIX "ima"
#define XATTR_NAME_IMA XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_IMA_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX "selinux"
#define XATTR_NAME_SELINUX XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SELINUX_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_SMACK_SUFFIX "SMACK64"
#define XATTR_SMACK_IPIN "SMACK64IPIN"
#define XATTR_SMACK_IPOUT "SMACK64IPOUT"
#define XATTR_SMACK_EXEC "SMACK64EXEC"
#define XATTR_SMACK_TRANSMUTE "SMACK64TRANSMUTE"
#define XATTR_SMACK_MMAP "SMACK64MMAP"
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACK XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPIN XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_IPIN
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACKIPOUT XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_IPOUT
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACKEXEC XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_EXEC
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACKTRANSMUTE XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_TRANSMUTE
#define XATTR_NAME_SMACKMMAP XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_SMACK_MMAP
#define XATTR_APPARMOR_SUFFIX "apparmor"
#define XATTR_NAME_APPARMOR XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_APPARMOR_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX "capability"
#define XATTR_NAME_CAPS XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_CAPS_SUFFIX
#define XATTR_BPF_LSM_SUFFIX "bpf."
#define XATTR_NAME_BPF_LSM (XATTR_SECURITY_PREFIX XATTR_BPF_LSM_SUFFIX)
#define XATTR_NAME_BPF_LSM_LEN (sizeof(XATTR_NAME_BPF_LSM) - 1)
#define XATTR_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS "posix_acl_access"
#define XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX XATTR_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS
#define XATTR_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT "posix_acl_default"
#define XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT XATTR_SYSTEM_PREFIX XATTR_POSIX_ACL_DEFAULT
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_XATTR_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/libc-compat.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `struct xattr_args`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- 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.