Re: getxattr() errata

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On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:16 AM,  <starlight.2013q1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just noticed that the getxattr() man page
> says that ENOATTR is returned when an
> extended attribute is not present.
>
> http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getxattr.2.html
>
> I believe the correct code for this
> situation is ENODATA or 61.
>
>    strace getcap /bin/bash
>
> should confirm that.

Yup, others have also noted this; see
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51871

The point is that ENOATTR is a synonym for ENODATA.

For each of the relevant pages, I've simply added the text: "(ENOATTR
is defined to be a synonym for ENODATA in <attr/xattr.h>.)"

Thanks,

Michael


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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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