On Tue, 30 May 2023 13:25:38 +0200, Philippe Cerfon wrote:
> Hey there.
> 
> Linux exports XATTR_{NAME,SIZE,LIST}_MAX in it's linux/limits.h and
> e.g. the CPython interpreter uses them for it's XATTRs functions.
> 
> I made a corresponding PR at CPython
> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/105075 to get the code built
> for Cygwin, but right now this would fail due to the missing
> XATTR_*_MAX symbols.
> 
> The attached patch below would add them to cygwin/limits.h.

Patches for Cygwin under winsup are submitted to cygwin-patches@cygwin.com 
(forwarded there).

> But beware, I'm absolutely no Windows/Cygwin expert ^^ - so whether
> the values I've chosen are actually correct, is more guesswork rather
> than definite knowledge.
> 
> As written in the commit message, I think:
> - XATTR_NAME_MAX corresponds to MAX_EA_NAME_LEN
> and
> - XATTR_SIZE_MAX to MAX_EA_VALUE_LEN
> 
> though I have no idea, whether these are just lower boundaries used by
> Cygwin, while e.g. Windows itself might set longer names or value
> lenghts, and thus - when Cygwin would try to read such - it might get
> into troubles (or rather e.g. CPython, as it's buffers wouldn't
> suffice to read the EA respectively XATTR.
> 
> Neither to i have an idea about XATTR_LIST_MAX. I'm not even 100% sure
> what it means (I guess the max number of XATTRs per file). Not to
> speak about whether there's such maximum for Windows EAs,
> And again - as above - what would happen if Windows itself would set
> more than that limit and within Cygwin one would try to read/list all.
> 
> Thanks,
> Philippe

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