5 An RPC that fetches extended attributes for a resource.
7 .MDS_GETXATTR Generic Packet Structure
8 image::mds-getxattr-generic.png["MDS_GETXATTR Generic Packet Structure",height=100]
10 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
11 The mds-getxattr-generic.png diagram resembles this text art:
14 --request-----------------------------------------------
15 | ptlrpc_body | mdt_body | lustre_capa | name | eadata |
16 --------------------------------------------------------
17 --reply----------------------------
18 | ptlrpc_body | mdt_body | eadata |
19 -----------------------------------
20 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
26 Metadata about the resource.
29 So called "capabilities" structure. This is deprecated in recent
30 versions of Lustre, and commonly appears in the packet header as a zero
34 A text field supplying the name of the desired resource.
37 Information about extended attributes. This buffer is optional and will
38 appear as zero length in some packets.