fp_statea Kernel Service

Purpose

Provides information on an extended attribute.

Syntax

#include  <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/errno.h>
int fp_statea ( fp, name, buffer, segflag)
struct file * fp;
const char * name;
struct stat64x * buffer;
int segflag;

Parameters

Item	Description
fp	Specifies a file structure returned by the fp_open kernel service.
name	Specifies the name of the extended attribute. An extended attribute name is a NULL terminated string.
buffer	Specifies a pointer to the stat structure in which information is returned.
segflag	Specifies the flag indicating the location of the pointer stored by the path parameter is located: SYS_ADSPACE The pointers specified by the name and value parameters are stored in kernel memory. USER_ADSPACE The pointers specified by the name and value parameters are stored in application memory.

Description

The fp_statea kernel service provides a common service used by the following routines:

The file system for the implementation of the fstatea subroutine
Kernel routines outside the file system that set extended attribute values.

Execution Environment

The fp_statea kernel service can be called from the process environment only.

Return Values

Item	Description
0	Indicates a successful operation.
ERRNO	Indicates a failed operation. Returns an error number from the /usr/include/sys/errno.h file on failure.