package system import ( "syscall" "unsafe" ) // Lgetxattr retrieves the value of the extended attribute identified by attr // and associated with the given path in the file system. // It will returns a nil slice and nil error if the xattr is not set. func Lgetxattr(path string, attr string) ([]byte, error) { pathBytes, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } attrBytes, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(attr) if err != nil { return nil, err } dest := make([]byte, 128) destBytes := unsafe.Pointer(&dest[0]) sz, _, errno := syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_LGETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(pathBytes)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrBytes)), uintptr(destBytes), uintptr(len(dest)), 0, 0) if errno == syscall.ENODATA { return nil, nil } if errno == syscall.ERANGE { dest = make([]byte, sz) destBytes := unsafe.Pointer(&dest[0]) sz, _, errno = syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_LGETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(pathBytes)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrBytes)), uintptr(destBytes), uintptr(len(dest)), 0, 0) } if errno != 0 { return nil, errno } return dest[:sz], nil } var _zero uintptr // Lsetxattr sets the value of the extended attribute identified by attr // and associated with the given path in the file system. func Lsetxattr(path string, attr string, data []byte, flags int) error { pathBytes, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(path) if err != nil { return err } attrBytes, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(attr) if err != nil { return err } var dataBytes unsafe.Pointer if len(data) > 0 { dataBytes = unsafe.Pointer(&data[0]) } else { dataBytes = unsafe.Pointer(&_zero) } _, _, errno := syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_LSETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(pathBytes)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrBytes)), uintptr(dataBytes), uintptr(len(data)), uintptr(flags), 0) if errno != 0 { return errno } return nil }