package sysx import ( "bytes" "syscall" ) const defaultXattrBufferSize = 5 type listxattrFunc func(path string, dest []byte) (int, error) func listxattrAll(path string, listFunc listxattrFunc) ([]string, error) { var p []byte // nil on first execution for { n, err := listFunc(path, p) // first call gets buffer size. if err != nil { return nil, err } if n > len(p) { p = make([]byte, n) continue } p = p[:n] ps := bytes.Split(bytes.TrimSuffix(p, []byte{0}), []byte{0}) var entries []string for _, p := range ps { s := string(p) if s != "" { entries = append(entries, s) } } return entries, nil } } type getxattrFunc func(string, string, []byte) (int, error) func getxattrAll(path, attr string, getFunc getxattrFunc) ([]byte, error) { p := make([]byte, defaultXattrBufferSize) for { n, err := getFunc(path, attr, p) if err != nil { if errno, ok := err.(syscall.Errno); ok && errno == syscall.ERANGE { p = make([]byte, len(p)*2) // this can't be ideal. continue // try again! } return nil, err } // realloc to correct size and repeat if n > len(p) { p = make([]byte, n) continue } return p[:n], nil } }