# Re: \[PATCH 1/3\] statxat: Provide IOC flags for Windows fs attributes

- From: Christoph Hellwig \<hidden\>
- Date: 2013-11-27 11:40:34 
- List: linux-api
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2013/11/79938
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-api/2013/11/79938/t.md

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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 05:35:26PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Provide IOC flags for Windows fs attributes so that they can be retrieved (or
> even altered) using the FS_IOC_[GS]ETFLAGS ioctl and read using statxat().

As mentioned before we're running out of these flags and we already have
a horrible mash up between filesystem specific implementation details
an generally useful ones, so if you want to add them to a stat-like
call you better define an entirely new namespaces.

Also each of the added ones needs a good justification either way.
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