--- /dev/null
+diff -rupN --exclude='ide*' linux-2.4.20.orig/fs/Config.in linux-2.4.20/fs/Config.in
+--- linux-2.4.20.orig/fs/Config.in 2002-11-29 01:53:15.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.4.20/fs/Config.in 2004-02-08 21:37:47.000000000 +0200
+@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ if [ "$CONFIG_JFFS2_FS" = "y" -o "$CONFI
+ fi
+ tristate 'Compressed ROM file system support' CONFIG_CRAMFS
+ bool 'Virtual memory file system support (former shm fs)' CONFIG_TMPFS
++if [ "$CONFIG_TMPFS" = "y" ]; then
++ bool ' tmpfs Extended Attributes' CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++fi
+ define_bool CONFIG_RAMFS y
+
+ tristate 'ISO 9660 CDROM file system support' CONFIG_ISO9660_FS
+diff -rupN --exclude='ide*' linux-2.4.20.orig/include/linux/shmem_fs.h linux-2.4.20/include/linux/shmem_fs.h
+--- linux-2.4.20.orig/include/linux/shmem_fs.h 2001-12-21 19:42:03.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.4.20/include/linux/shmem_fs.h 2004-02-08 21:40:34.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
+
+ /* inode in-kernel data */
+
++#include <linux/config.h>
++
+ #define SHMEM_NR_DIRECT 16
+
+ /*
+@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@ struct shmem_inode_info {
+ unsigned long swapped;
+ int locked; /* into memory */
+ struct list_head list;
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ struct list_head xattrs;
++ struct list_head *xtail;
++#endif
+ struct inode *inode;
+ };
+
+@@ -39,6 +45,15 @@ struct shmem_sb_info {
+ spinlock_t stat_lock;
+ };
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++struct shmem_xattr {
++ u8 namelen;
++ u16 valuelen;
++ void *entity;
++ struct list_head list;
++};
++#endif
++
+ #define SHMEM_I(inode) (&inode->u.shmem_i)
+
+ #endif
+diff -rupN --exclude='ide*' linux-2.4.20.orig/mm/shmem.c linux-2.4.20/mm/shmem.c
+--- linux-2.4.20.orig/mm/shmem.c 2002-11-29 01:53:15.000000000 +0200
++++ linux-2.4.20/mm/shmem.c 2004-02-09 11:41:45.000000000 +0200
+@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
+ #include <linux/string.h>
+ #include <linux/locks.h>
+ #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
++#include <linux/slab.h>
++#include <linux/xattr.h>
+
+ #include <asm/uaccess.h>
+
+@@ -58,6 +60,344 @@ atomic_t shmem_nrpages = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+
+ static struct page *shmem_getpage_locked(struct shmem_inode_info *, struct inode *, unsigned long);
+
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
++static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
++static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations;
++#endif
++
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++#define xattr_name(xattr) \
++ ((char *)xattr->entity)
++
++#define xattr_value(xattr) \
++ ((void *)xattr->entity + xattr->namelen + 1)
++
++/* allocates memory for new xattr with name length of @namelen and value size of
++ * @valuelen. */
++static struct shmem_xattr *
++shmem_xattr_alloc(u8 namelen, u16 valuelen)
++{
++ u16 size;
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++
++ size = namelen + 1 + valuelen;
++
++ if (!(xattr = kmalloc(sizeof(*xattr), GFP_KERNEL)))
++ return NULL;
++
++ if (!(xattr->entity = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL))) {
++ kfree(xattr);
++ return NULL;
++ }
++
++ xattr->namelen = namelen;
++ xattr->valuelen = valuelen;
++ return xattr;
++}
++
++/* reallocs passed @xattr with new @value. */
++static int
++shmem_xattr_realloc(struct shmem_xattr *xattr, u16 valuelen)
++{
++ if (xattr->valuelen != valuelen) {
++ u16 new_size;
++ void *entity;
++
++ /* allocating new entity. */
++ new_size = xattr->namelen + 1 + valuelen;
++
++ if (!(entity = kmalloc(new_size, GFP_KERNEL)))
++ return -ENOMEM;
++
++ /* copying old name to new entity.*/
++ memcpy(entity, xattr->entity, xattr->namelen);
++ *((char *)(entity + xattr->namelen)) = '\0';
++
++ /* finishing the change.*/
++ kfree(xattr->entity);
++ xattr->entity = entity;
++ xattr->valuelen = valuelen;
++ }
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++/* assigns @name and @value to passed @xattr. */
++static int
++shmem_xattr_assign(struct shmem_xattr *xattr,
++ const char *name, void *value)
++{
++ if (name) {
++ if (xattr->namelen != strlen(name))
++ return -EINVAL;
++
++ memcpy(xattr->entity, name, xattr->namelen);
++ *((char *)(xattr->entity + xattr->namelen)) = '\0';
++ }
++
++ if (value) {
++ memcpy(xattr_value(xattr),
++ value, xattr->valuelen);
++ }
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++/* frees passed @xattr. */
++static void
++shmem_xattr_free(struct shmem_xattr *xattr)
++{
++ kfree(xattr->entity);
++ kfree(xattr);
++}
++
++/* lookups passed @name inside @inode's xattr list. */
++struct shmem_xattr *
++shmem_xattr_find(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
++{
++ u8 namelen;
++ struct list_head *p;
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++ struct shmem_inode_info *info;
++
++ info = SHMEM_I(inode);
++ namelen = strlen(name);
++
++ list_for_each(p, &info->xattrs) {
++ xattr = list_entry(p, struct shmem_xattr, list);
++
++ if (xattr->namelen == namelen &&
++ !memcmp(xattr->entity, name, namelen))
++ {
++ return xattr;
++ }
++ }
++
++ return NULL;
++}
++
++/* allocates new xattr and fills it with passed value, name, etc. */
++static ssize_t
++shmem_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
++ void *value, u16 valuelen, int flags)
++{
++ ssize_t error;
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++ struct shmem_inode_info *info;
++
++ xattr = shmem_xattr_find(inode, name);
++
++ if (xattr) {
++ if (flags & XATTR_CREATE)
++ return -EEXIST;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_realloc(xattr, valuelen)))
++ return error;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_assign(xattr, NULL, value)))
++ return error;
++ } else {
++ info = SHMEM_I(inode);
++
++ if (flags & XATTR_REPLACE)
++ return -ENODATA;
++
++ if (!(xattr = shmem_xattr_alloc(strlen(name), valuelen)))
++ return -ENOMEM;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_assign(xattr, name, value)))
++ return error;
++
++ list_add(&xattr->list, info->xtail);
++ info->xtail = &xattr->list;
++ }
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++/* fills passed @value by attribute value found by @name. */
++static ssize_t
++shmem_xattr_get(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
++ void *value, size_t valuelen)
++{
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++
++ if (!(xattr = shmem_xattr_find(inode, name)))
++ return -ENODATA;
++
++ /* handling value size guess request */
++ if (valuelen == 0 || value == NULL)
++ return xattr->valuelen;
++
++ if (xattr->valuelen > valuelen)
++ return -ERANGE;
++
++ memcpy(value, xattr_value(xattr),
++ xattr->valuelen);
++
++ return xattr->valuelen;
++}
++
++/* deletes passed @xattr from inode xattr list and frees it. */
++static int
++shmem_xattr_delete(struct inode *inode, struct shmem_xattr *xattr)
++{
++ struct shmem_inode_info *info;
++
++ info = SHMEM_I(inode);
++
++ if (&xattr->list == info->xtail)
++ info->xtail = xattr->list.prev;
++
++ list_del(&xattr->list);
++ shmem_xattr_free(xattr);
++
++ return 0;
++}
++
++/* removes attribute found by passed @name. */
++static int
++shmem_xattr_remove(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
++{
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++
++ if (!(xattr = shmem_xattr_find(inode, name)))
++ return -ENODATA;
++
++ return shmem_xattr_delete(inode, xattr);
++}
++
++static int
++shmem_xattr_can_read(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
++{
++ /* check for inlined symlinks. They store path inside inode info and
++ * thus, cannot be used for access xattrs. */
++ if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode) &&
++ inode->i_op == &shmem_symlink_inline_operations)
++ {
++ return -EPERM;
++ }
++
++ return permission(inode, MAY_READ);
++}
++
++static int
++shmem_xattr_can_write(struct inode *inode, const char *name)
++{
++ if (IS_RDONLY(inode))
++ return -EROFS;
++
++ if (IS_IMMUTABLE(inode) || IS_APPEND(inode) ||
++ S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
++ {
++ return -EPERM;
++ }
++
++ if ((!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) ||
++ inode->i_mode & S_ISVTX)
++ {
++ return -EPERM;
++ }
++
++ return permission(inode, MAY_WRITE);
++}
++
++/* fills passed @value with data of attribute @name from @dentry->d_inode
++ * attribute list. */
++static ssize_t
++shmem_getxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
++ void *value, size_t valuelen)
++{
++ int error;
++ struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
++
++ if (name == NULL)
++ return -EINVAL;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_can_read(inode, name)))
++ return error;
++
++ return shmem_xattr_get(inode, name,
++ value, valuelen);
++
++}
++
++/* updates attribute with @name inside @dentry->d_inode attributes list (if
++ * any), or creates new attribute with name @name and value @value and put it to
++ * inode attributes list.*/
++static int
++shmem_setxattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
++ void *value, size_t valuelen, int flags)
++{
++ int error;
++ struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
++
++ if (name == NULL)
++ return -EINVAL;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_can_write(inode, name)))
++ return error;
++
++ if (value == NULL) {
++ value = "";
++ valuelen = 0;
++ }
++
++ return shmem_xattr_set(inode, name, value,
++ valuelen, flags);
++}
++
++/* removes attribute with passed @name from @dentry->d_inode attributes list. */
++static int
++shmem_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
++{
++ int error;
++ struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
++
++ if (name == NULL)
++ return -EINVAL;
++
++ if ((error = shmem_xattr_can_write(inode, name)))
++ return error;
++
++ return shmem_xattr_remove(inode, name);
++}
++
++/* fills passed @data with list of @dentry->d_inode attributes. Returns size of
++ * actuall data put to @data. */
++static ssize_t
++shmem_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *data, size_t buf_size)
++{
++ ssize_t size = 0;
++ struct list_head *p;
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++ struct shmem_inode_info *info;
++ struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode;
++
++ info = SHMEM_I(inode);
++
++ list_for_each(p, &info->xattrs) {
++ xattr = list_entry(p, struct shmem_xattr, list);
++ size += xattr->namelen + 1;
++ }
++
++ /* handling data size guess request. */
++ if (buf_size == 0 || data == NULL)
++ return size;
++
++ if (size > buf_size)
++ return -ERANGE;
++
++ list_for_each(p, &info->xattrs) {
++ xattr = list_entry(p, struct shmem_xattr, list);
++ memcpy(data, xattr->entity, xattr->namelen + 1);
++ data += xattr->namelen + 1;
++ }
++
++ return size;
++}
++#endif
++
+ /*
+ * shmem_recalc_inode - recalculate the size of an inode
+ *
+@@ -359,6 +699,11 @@ static void shmem_truncate (struct inode
+
+ static void shmem_delete_inode(struct inode * inode)
+ {
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ struct list_head *tmp, *p;
++ struct shmem_xattr *xattr;
++ struct shmem_inode_info * info = SHMEM_I(inode);
++#endif
+ struct shmem_sb_info *sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
+
+ if (inode->i_op->truncate == shmem_truncate) {
+@@ -371,6 +716,12 @@ static void shmem_delete_inode(struct in
+ spin_lock (&sbinfo->stat_lock);
+ sbinfo->free_inodes++;
+ spin_unlock (&sbinfo->stat_lock);
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ list_for_each_safe(p, tmp, &info->xattrs) {
++ xattr = list_entry(p, struct shmem_xattr, list);
++ shmem_xattr_delete(inode, xattr);
++ }
++#endif
+ clear_inode(inode);
+ }
+
+@@ -727,6 +1078,11 @@ struct inode *shmem_get_inode(struct sup
+ info->inode = inode;
+ spin_lock_init (&info->lock);
+ sema_init (&info->sem, 1);
++
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->xattrs);
++ info->xtail = &info->xattrs;
++#endif
+ switch (mode & S_IFMT) {
+ default:
+ init_special_inode(inode, mode, dev);
+@@ -777,10 +1133,6 @@ out:
+ }
+
+ #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
+-
+-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations;
+-static struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inline_operations;
+-
+ static ssize_t
+ shmem_file_write(struct file *file,const char *buf,size_t count,loff_t *ppos)
+ {
+@@ -1250,6 +1602,12 @@ static struct inode_operations shmem_sym
+ truncate: shmem_truncate,
+ readlink: shmem_readlink,
+ follow_link: shmem_follow_link,
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ setxattr: shmem_setxattr,
++ getxattr: shmem_getxattr,
++ listxattr: shmem_listxattr,
++ removexattr: shmem_removexattr,
++#endif
+ };
+
+ static int shmem_parse_options(char *options, int *mode, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid, unsigned long * blocks, unsigned long *inodes)
+@@ -1398,6 +1756,12 @@ static struct file_operations shmem_file
+
+ static struct inode_operations shmem_inode_operations = {
+ truncate: shmem_truncate,
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ setxattr: shmem_setxattr,
++ getxattr: shmem_getxattr,
++ listxattr: shmem_listxattr,
++ removexattr: shmem_removexattr,
++#endif
+ };
+
+ static struct inode_operations shmem_dir_inode_operations = {
+@@ -1411,6 +1775,12 @@ static struct inode_operations shmem_dir
+ rmdir: shmem_rmdir,
+ mknod: shmem_mknod,
+ rename: shmem_rename,
++#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_XATTR
++ setxattr: shmem_setxattr,
++ getxattr: shmem_getxattr,
++ listxattr: shmem_listxattr,
++ removexattr: shmem_removexattr,
++#endif
+ #endif
+ };
+