[Libguestfs] [PATCH v3 1/5] generator: Added tsk_dirent struct

noxdafox noxdafox at gmail.com
Tue Apr 5 18:10:30 UTC 2016


On 05/04/16 19:33, Pino Toscano wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 April 2016 18:47:28 Matteo Cafasso wrote:
>> The tsk_dirent struct contains the information gathered via TSK APIs.
>>
>> The struct contains the following fields:
>>   * tsk_inode: inode of a file
>>   * tsk_type: type of file such as for dirwalk command
>>   * tsk_size: file size in bytes
>>   * tsk_name: path relative to its disk partition
>>   * tsk_allocated: whether the file has been deleted
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matteo Cafasso <noxdafox at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   generator/structs.ml | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>>   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/generator/structs.ml b/generator/structs.ml
>> index 6017ba6..d986fd9 100644
>> --- a/generator/structs.ml
>> +++ b/generator/structs.ml
>> @@ -442,8 +442,20 @@ let structs = [
>>       "im_device", FString;
>>       "im_volume", FString;
>>       ];
>> -    s_camel_name = "InternalMountable";
>> -  };
>> +    s_camel_name = "InternalMountable" };
> Unneeded change.
>
>> +  (* The Sleuth Kit directory entry information. *)
>> +  { defaults with
>> +    s_name = "tsk_dirent";
>> +    s_cols = [
>> +    "tsk_inode", FUInt64;
>> +    "tsk_type", FChar;
>> +    "tsk_size", FInt64;
>> +    "tsk_name", FString;
>> +    "tsk_allocated", FUInt32;
> Once added to the public API, a struct cannot be extended anymore
> (it would break the ABI).  IMHO it would make more sense to have
> a tsk_flags instead of tsk_allocated, documenting the values of the
> flags/bits set: this way, adding a new simple boolean flag won't
> require a new tsk_dirent2 (see e.g. the application2 struct).

The application2 structs shows pretty well the issue but does not have 
any bitwise flag.
Is there an example I could use as a reference? Especially I'd like to 
see how flags are exposed and documented.

>
> Thanks,
>
>
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