Re: [PATCH 04/10] vfs: Distinguish between full xattr names and proper prefixes

[James Morris]

On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:

> Add an additional "name" field to struct xattr_handler.  When the name
> is set, the handler matches attributes with exactly that name.  When the
> prefix is set instead, the handler matches attributes with the given
> prefix and with a non-empty suffix.
> 
> This patch should avoid bugs like the one fixed in commit c361016a in
> the future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>

Is it worth making an inline wrapper for 'handler->prefix ?: 
handler->name' ?


Reviewed-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@xxxxxxxxxx>


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