package system import ( "unsafe" "golang.org/x/sys/unix" ) // 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 := unix.BytePtrFromString(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } attrBytes, err := unix.BytePtrFromString(attr) if err != nil { return nil, err } dest := make([]byte, 128) destBytes := unsafe.Pointer(&dest[0]) sz, _, errno := unix.Syscall6(unix.SYS_LGETXATTR, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(pathBytes)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(attrBytes)), uintptr(destBytes), uintptr(len(dest)), 0, 0) if errno == unix.ENODATA { return nil, nil } if errno == unix.ERANGE { dest = make([]byte, sz) destBytes := unsafe.Pointer(&dest[0]) sz, _, errno = unix.Syscall6(unix.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 := unix.BytePtrFromString(path) if err != nil { return err } attrBytes, err := unix.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 := unix.Syscall6(unix.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 }