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[2/7] fsstress: add operation for setting xattrs on files and directories

Message ID 20190328185404.28879-1-fdmanana@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
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Series [1/7] fsstress: rename setxattr operation to chproj | expand

Commit Message

Filipe Manana March 28, 2019, 6:54 p.m. UTC
From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>

Currently fsstress does not exercise creating, reading or deleting xattrs
on files or directories. This change adds support for setting xattrs on
files and directories, using only the xattr user namespace (the other
namespaces are not general purpose and are used for security, capabilities,
ACLs, etc). This adds a counter for each file entry structure that keeps
track of the number of xattrs set for the file entry, and each new xattr
has a name that includes the counter's value (example: "user.x4").
Values for the xattrs have at most 100 bytes, which is much more than
the maximum size supported for all major filesystems.

Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
---
 ltp/fsstress.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Comments

Dave Chinner March 28, 2019, 9:48 p.m. UTC | #1
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:54:04PM +0000, fdmanana@kernel.org wrote:
> From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> 
> Currently fsstress does not exercise creating, reading or deleting xattrs
> on files or directories. This change adds support for setting xattrs on
> files and directories, using only the xattr user namespace (the other
> namespaces are not general purpose and are used for security, capabilities,
> ACLs, etc). This adds a counter for each file entry structure that keeps
> track of the number of xattrs set for the file entry, and each new xattr
> has a name that includes the counter's value (example: "user.x4").
> Values for the xattrs have at most 100 bytes, which is much more than
> the maximum size supported for all major filesystems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> ---
>  ltp/fsstress.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ltp/fsstress.c b/ltp/fsstress.c
> index cc4f520e..03e40eb6 100644
> --- a/ltp/fsstress.c
> +++ b/ltp/fsstress.c
> @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
>  io_context_t	io_ctx;
>  #endif
>  #include <sys/syscall.h>
> +#include <sys/xattr.h>
>  
>  #ifndef FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
>  #define FS_IOC_GETFLAGS                 _IOR('f', 1, long)
> @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ typedef enum {
>  	OP_RESVSP,
>  	OP_RMDIR,
>  	OP_SETATTR,
> +	OP_SETXATTR,
>  	OP_SPLICE,
>  	OP_STAT,
>  	OP_SYMLINK,
> @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct opdesc {
>  typedef struct fent {
>  	int	id;
>  	int	parent;
> +	int     xattr_counter;
>  } fent_t;
>  
>  typedef struct flist {
> @@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ void	rename_f(int, long);
>  void	resvsp_f(int, long);
>  void	rmdir_f(int, long);
>  void	setattr_f(int, long);
> +void	setxattr_f(int, long);
>  void	splice_f(int, long);
>  void	stat_f(int, long);
>  void	symlink_f(int, long);
> @@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ opdesc_t	ops[] = {
>  	{ OP_RESVSP, "resvsp", resvsp_f, 1, 1 },
>  	{ OP_RMDIR, "rmdir", rmdir_f, 1, 1 },
>  	{ OP_SETATTR, "setattr", setattr_f, 0, 1 },
> +	{ OP_SETXATTR, "setxattr", setxattr_f, 4, 1 },

Ok, now that I see this, the penny drops - you can't do this as
it changes the CLI interface in a way that will make existing
scripts do something entirely different to what they used to do.

i.e. "-f setxattr=n" is used to specify the frequency of this
specific operation. It used to control the project ID setting, now
with this change it controls extended attribute frequency. There are
some tests that actually use "-f setxattr=n" (and who knows how many
custom test scripts using fsstress built from fstests), so I don't
think we should be renaming existing operations to something else
and then reusing the name for a new type of operation like this....

I certainly agree with the idea of adding extended attributes to
fsstress, just not this way...

Cheers,

Dave.
Filipe Manana March 28, 2019, 10:36 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 9:48 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:54:04PM +0000, fdmanana@kernel.org wrote:
> > From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> >
> > Currently fsstress does not exercise creating, reading or deleting xattrs
> > on files or directories. This change adds support for setting xattrs on
> > files and directories, using only the xattr user namespace (the other
> > namespaces are not general purpose and are used for security, capabilities,
> > ACLs, etc). This adds a counter for each file entry structure that keeps
> > track of the number of xattrs set for the file entry, and each new xattr
> > has a name that includes the counter's value (example: "user.x4").
> > Values for the xattrs have at most 100 bytes, which is much more than
> > the maximum size supported for all major filesystems.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> > ---
> >  ltp/fsstress.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/ltp/fsstress.c b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > index cc4f520e..03e40eb6 100644
> > --- a/ltp/fsstress.c
> > +++ b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> >  io_context_t io_ctx;
> >  #endif
> >  #include <sys/syscall.h>
> > +#include <sys/xattr.h>
> >
> >  #ifndef FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
> >  #define FS_IOC_GETFLAGS                 _IOR('f', 1, long)
> > @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ typedef enum {
> >       OP_RESVSP,
> >       OP_RMDIR,
> >       OP_SETATTR,
> > +     OP_SETXATTR,
> >       OP_SPLICE,
> >       OP_STAT,
> >       OP_SYMLINK,
> > @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct opdesc {
> >  typedef struct fent {
> >       int     id;
> >       int     parent;
> > +     int     xattr_counter;
> >  } fent_t;
> >
> >  typedef struct flist {
> > @@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ void      rename_f(int, long);
> >  void resvsp_f(int, long);
> >  void rmdir_f(int, long);
> >  void setattr_f(int, long);
> > +void setxattr_f(int, long);
> >  void splice_f(int, long);
> >  void stat_f(int, long);
> >  void symlink_f(int, long);
> > @@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ opdesc_t  ops[] = {
> >       { OP_RESVSP, "resvsp", resvsp_f, 1, 1 },
> >       { OP_RMDIR, "rmdir", rmdir_f, 1, 1 },
> >       { OP_SETATTR, "setattr", setattr_f, 0, 1 },
> > +     { OP_SETXATTR, "setxattr", setxattr_f, 4, 1 },
>
> Ok, now that I see this, the penny drops - you can't do this as
> it changes the CLI interface in a way that will make existing
> scripts do something entirely different to what they used to do.
>
> i.e. "-f setxattr=n" is used to specify the frequency of this
> specific operation. It used to control the project ID setting, now
> with this change it controls extended attribute frequency. There are
> some tests that actually use "-f setxattr=n" (and who knows how many
> custom test scripts using fsstress built from fstests), so I don't
> think we should be renaming existing operations to something else
> and then reusing the name for a new type of operation like this....

Any idea for a good name? (Not too long, or too similar like setextattr)


>
> I certainly agree with the idea of adding extended attributes to
> fsstress, just not this way...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> --
> Dave Chinner
> david@fromorbit.com
Darrick J. Wong March 29, 2019, 10:34 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:36:37PM +0000, Filipe Manana wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 9:48 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:54:04PM +0000, fdmanana@kernel.org wrote:
> > > From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> > >
> > > Currently fsstress does not exercise creating, reading or deleting xattrs
> > > on files or directories. This change adds support for setting xattrs on
> > > files and directories, using only the xattr user namespace (the other
> > > namespaces are not general purpose and are used for security, capabilities,
> > > ACLs, etc). This adds a counter for each file entry structure that keeps
> > > track of the number of xattrs set for the file entry, and each new xattr
> > > has a name that includes the counter's value (example: "user.x4").
> > > Values for the xattrs have at most 100 bytes, which is much more than
> > > the maximum size supported for all major filesystems.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> > > ---
> > >  ltp/fsstress.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/ltp/fsstress.c b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > index cc4f520e..03e40eb6 100644
> > > --- a/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > +++ b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> > >  io_context_t io_ctx;
> > >  #endif
> > >  #include <sys/syscall.h>
> > > +#include <sys/xattr.h>
> > >
> > >  #ifndef FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
> > >  #define FS_IOC_GETFLAGS                 _IOR('f', 1, long)
> > > @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ typedef enum {
> > >       OP_RESVSP,
> > >       OP_RMDIR,
> > >       OP_SETATTR,
> > > +     OP_SETXATTR,
> > >       OP_SPLICE,
> > >       OP_STAT,
> > >       OP_SYMLINK,
> > > @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct opdesc {
> > >  typedef struct fent {
> > >       int     id;
> > >       int     parent;
> > > +     int     xattr_counter;
> > >  } fent_t;
> > >
> > >  typedef struct flist {
> > > @@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ void      rename_f(int, long);
> > >  void resvsp_f(int, long);
> > >  void rmdir_f(int, long);
> > >  void setattr_f(int, long);
> > > +void setxattr_f(int, long);
> > >  void splice_f(int, long);
> > >  void stat_f(int, long);
> > >  void symlink_f(int, long);
> > > @@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ opdesc_t  ops[] = {
> > >       { OP_RESVSP, "resvsp", resvsp_f, 1, 1 },
> > >       { OP_RMDIR, "rmdir", rmdir_f, 1, 1 },
> > >       { OP_SETATTR, "setattr", setattr_f, 0, 1 },
> > > +     { OP_SETXATTR, "setxattr", setxattr_f, 4, 1 },
> >
> > Ok, now that I see this, the penny drops - you can't do this as
> > it changes the CLI interface in a way that will make existing
> > scripts do something entirely different to what they used to do.
> >
> > i.e. "-f setxattr=n" is used to specify the frequency of this
> > specific operation. It used to control the project ID setting, now
> > with this change it controls extended attribute frequency. There are
> > some tests that actually use "-f setxattr=n" (and who knows how many
> > custom test scripts using fsstress built from fstests), so I don't
> > think we should be renaming existing operations to something else
> > and then reusing the name for a new type of operation like this....
> 
> Any idea for a good name? (Not too long, or too similar like setextattr)

setfattr, seeing as it's a cli tool already anyway?

--D

> 
> 
> >
> > I certainly agree with the idea of adding extended attributes to
> > fsstress, just not this way...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Dave.
> > --
> > Dave Chinner
> > david@fromorbit.com
Filipe Manana March 29, 2019, 10:46 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 10:34 PM Darrick J. Wong
<darrick.wong@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 10:36:37PM +0000, Filipe Manana wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 9:48 PM Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 06:54:04PM +0000, fdmanana@kernel.org wrote:
> > > > From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> > > >
> > > > Currently fsstress does not exercise creating, reading or deleting xattrs
> > > > on files or directories. This change adds support for setting xattrs on
> > > > files and directories, using only the xattr user namespace (the other
> > > > namespaces are not general purpose and are used for security, capabilities,
> > > > ACLs, etc). This adds a counter for each file entry structure that keeps
> > > > track of the number of xattrs set for the file entry, and each new xattr
> > > > has a name that includes the counter's value (example: "user.x4").
> > > > Values for the xattrs have at most 100 bytes, which is much more than
> > > > the maximum size supported for all major filesystems.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >  ltp/fsstress.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 141 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/ltp/fsstress.c b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > > index cc4f520e..03e40eb6 100644
> > > > --- a/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > > +++ b/ltp/fsstress.c
> > > > @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
> > > >  io_context_t io_ctx;
> > > >  #endif
> > > >  #include <sys/syscall.h>
> > > > +#include <sys/xattr.h>
> > > >
> > > >  #ifndef FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
> > > >  #define FS_IOC_GETFLAGS                 _IOR('f', 1, long)
> > > > @@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ typedef enum {
> > > >       OP_RESVSP,
> > > >       OP_RMDIR,
> > > >       OP_SETATTR,
> > > > +     OP_SETXATTR,
> > > >       OP_SPLICE,
> > > >       OP_STAT,
> > > >       OP_SYMLINK,
> > > > @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ typedef struct opdesc {
> > > >  typedef struct fent {
> > > >       int     id;
> > > >       int     parent;
> > > > +     int     xattr_counter;
> > > >  } fent_t;
> > > >
> > > >  typedef struct flist {
> > > > @@ -195,6 +198,7 @@ void      rename_f(int, long);
> > > >  void resvsp_f(int, long);
> > > >  void rmdir_f(int, long);
> > > >  void setattr_f(int, long);
> > > > +void setxattr_f(int, long);
> > > >  void splice_f(int, long);
> > > >  void stat_f(int, long);
> > > >  void symlink_f(int, long);
> > > > @@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ opdesc_t  ops[] = {
> > > >       { OP_RESVSP, "resvsp", resvsp_f, 1, 1 },
> > > >       { OP_RMDIR, "rmdir", rmdir_f, 1, 1 },
> > > >       { OP_SETATTR, "setattr", setattr_f, 0, 1 },
> > > > +     { OP_SETXATTR, "setxattr", setxattr_f, 4, 1 },
> > >
> > > Ok, now that I see this, the penny drops - you can't do this as
> > > it changes the CLI interface in a way that will make existing
> > > scripts do something entirely different to what they used to do.
> > >
> > > i.e. "-f setxattr=n" is used to specify the frequency of this
> > > specific operation. It used to control the project ID setting, now
> > > with this change it controls extended attribute frequency. There are
> > > some tests that actually use "-f setxattr=n" (and who knows how many
> > > custom test scripts using fsstress built from fstests), so I don't
> > > think we should be renaming existing operations to something else
> > > and then reusing the name for a new type of operation like this....
> >
> > Any idea for a good name? (Not too long, or too similar like setextattr)
>
> setfattr, seeing as it's a cli tool already anyway?

Indeed, seems good to me as well. Was thinking about it earlier today,
setfattr, getfattr,
delfattr and listfattr (these last two don't have dedicated cli tools,
setfattr and getfattr
implement these operations).

Thanks.

>
> --D
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > I certainly agree with the idea of adding extended attributes to
> > > fsstress, just not this way...
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Dave.
> > > --
> > > Dave Chinner
> > > david@fromorbit.com
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Patch

diff --git a/ltp/fsstress.c b/ltp/fsstress.c
index cc4f520e..03e40eb6 100644
--- a/ltp/fsstress.c
+++ b/ltp/fsstress.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ 
 io_context_t	io_ctx;
 #endif
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/xattr.h>
 
 #ifndef FS_IOC_GETFLAGS
 #define FS_IOC_GETFLAGS                 _IOR('f', 1, long)
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@  typedef enum {
 	OP_RESVSP,
 	OP_RMDIR,
 	OP_SETATTR,
+	OP_SETXATTR,
 	OP_SPLICE,
 	OP_STAT,
 	OP_SYMLINK,
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@  typedef struct opdesc {
 typedef struct fent {
 	int	id;
 	int	parent;
+	int     xattr_counter;
 } fent_t;
 
 typedef struct flist {
@@ -195,6 +198,7 @@  void	rename_f(int, long);
 void	resvsp_f(int, long);
 void	rmdir_f(int, long);
 void	setattr_f(int, long);
+void	setxattr_f(int, long);
 void	splice_f(int, long);
 void	stat_f(int, long);
 void	symlink_f(int, long);
@@ -246,6 +250,7 @@  opdesc_t	ops[] = {
 	{ OP_RESVSP, "resvsp", resvsp_f, 1, 1 },
 	{ OP_RMDIR, "rmdir", rmdir_f, 1, 1 },
 	{ OP_SETATTR, "setattr", setattr_f, 0, 1 },
+	{ OP_SETXATTR, "setxattr", setxattr_f, 4, 1 },
 	{ OP_SPLICE, "splice", splice_f, 1, 1 },
 	{ OP_STAT, "stat", stat_f, 1, 0 },
 	{ OP_SYMLINK, "symlink", symlink_f, 2, 1 },
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@  char		*execute_cmd = NULL;
 int		execute_freq = 1;
 struct print_string	flag_str = {0};
 
-void	add_to_flist(int, int, int);
+void	add_to_flist(int, int, int, int);
 void	append_pathname(pathname_t *, char *);
 int	attr_list_path(pathname_t *, char *, const int, int, attrlist_cursor_t *);
 int	attr_remove_path(pathname_t *, const char *, int);
@@ -715,7 +720,7 @@  translate_flags(int flags, const char *delim,
 }
 
 void
-add_to_flist(int ft, int id, int parent)
+add_to_flist(int ft, int id, int parent, int xattr_counter)
 {
 	fent_t	*fep;
 	flist_t	*ftp;
@@ -728,6 +733,7 @@  add_to_flist(int ft, int id, int parent)
 	fep = &ftp->fents[ftp->nfiles++];
 	fep->id = id;
 	fep->parent = parent;
+	fep->xattr_counter = xattr_counter;
 }
 
 void
@@ -3000,7 +3006,7 @@  creat_f(int opno, long r)
 			if (xfsctl(f.path, fd, XFS_IOC_FSSETXATTR, &a) < 0)
 				e1 = errno;
 		}
-		add_to_flist(type, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(type, id, parid, 0);
 		close(fd);
 	}
 	if (v) {
@@ -3527,9 +3533,10 @@  link_f(int opno, long r)
 	int		parid;
 	int		v;
 	int		v1;
+	fent_t		*fep_source;
 
 	init_pathname(&f);
-	if (!get_fname(FT_NOTDIR, r, &f, &flp, NULL, &v1)) {
+	if (!get_fname(FT_NOTDIR, r, &f, &flp, &fep_source, &v1)) {
 		if (v1)
 			printf("%d/%d: link - no file\n", procid, opno);
 		free_pathname(&f);
@@ -3556,7 +3563,7 @@  link_f(int opno, long r)
 	e = link_path(&f, &l) < 0 ? errno : 0;
 	check_cwd();
 	if (e == 0)
-		add_to_flist(flp - flist, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(flp - flist, id, parid, fep_source->xattr_counter);
 	if (v) {
 		printf("%d/%d: link %s %s %d\n", procid, opno, f.path, l.path,
 			e);
@@ -3596,7 +3603,7 @@  mkdir_f(int opno, long r)
 	e = mkdir_path(&f, 0777) < 0 ? errno : 0;
 	check_cwd();
 	if (e == 0)
-		add_to_flist(FT_DIR, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(FT_DIR, id, parid, 0);
 	if (v) {
 		printf("%d/%d: mkdir %s %d\n", procid, opno, f.path, e);
 		printf("%d/%d: mkdir add id=%d,parent=%d\n", procid, opno, id, parid);
@@ -3634,7 +3641,7 @@  mknod_f(int opno, long r)
 	e = mknod_path(&f, S_IFCHR|0444, 0) < 0 ? errno : 0;
 	check_cwd();
 	if (e == 0)
-		add_to_flist(FT_DEV, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(FT_DEV, id, parid, 0);
 	if (v) {
 		printf("%d/%d: mknod %s %d\n", procid, opno, f.path, e);
 		printf("%d/%d: mknod add id=%d,parent=%d\n", procid, opno, id, parid);
@@ -4010,12 +4017,14 @@  rename_f(int opno, long r)
 	e = rename_path(&f, &newf) < 0 ? errno : 0;
 	check_cwd();
 	if (e == 0) {
+		int xattr_counter = fep->xattr_counter;
+
 		if (flp - flist == FT_DIR) {
 			oldid = fep->id;
 			fix_parent(oldid, id);
 		}
 		del_from_flist(flp - flist, fep - flp->fents);
-		add_to_flist(flp - flist, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(flp - flist, id, parid, xattr_counter);
 	}
 	if (v) {
 		printf("%d/%d: rename %s to %s %d\n", procid, opno, f.path,
@@ -4137,6 +4146,129 @@  setattr_f(int opno, long r)
 	close(fd);
 }
 
+char *gen_random_string(int len)
+{
+	static const char charset[] = "0123456789"
+		"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+		"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
+	int i;
+	char *s;
+
+	if (len == 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	s = malloc(len);
+	if (!s)
+		return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+		s[i] = charset[random() % (sizeof(charset))];
+
+	return s;
+}
+
+char *xattr_flag_to_string(int flag)
+{
+	if (flag == XATTR_CREATE)
+		return "create";
+	if (flag == XATTR_REPLACE)
+		return "replace";
+	return "none";
+}
+
+void
+setxattr_f(int opno, long r)
+{
+	int		fd;
+	int		e;
+	pathname_t	f;
+	fent_t	        *fep;
+	int		v;
+	int             value_len;
+	char            name[18];
+	char            *value;
+	int             flag = 0;
+	int             xattr_num;
+	DIR             *dir = NULL;
+
+	init_pathname(&f);
+	if (!get_fname(FT_REGFILE | FT_DIRm, r, &f, NULL, &fep, &v)) {
+		if (v)
+			printf("%d/%d: setxattr - no filename\n", procid, opno);
+		free_pathname(&f);
+		return;
+	}
+	fd = open_path(&f, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd < 0 && errno == EISDIR) {
+		dir = opendir_path(&f);
+		if (dir)
+			fd = dirfd(dir);
+	}
+	e = fd < 0 ? errno : 0;
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		if (v)
+			printf("%d/%d: setxattr - open %s failed %d\n",
+			       procid, opno, f.path, e);
+		free_pathname(&f);
+		if (dir)
+			closedir(dir);
+		return;
+	}
+	check_cwd();
+
+	if ((fep->xattr_counter > 0) && (random() % 2)) {
+		/*
+		 * Use an existing xattr name for replacing its value or
+		 * create again a xattr that was previously deleted.
+		 */
+		xattr_num = (random() % fep->xattr_counter) + 1;
+		if (random() % 2)
+			flag = XATTR_REPLACE;
+	} else {
+		/* Use a new xattr name. */
+		fep->xattr_counter++;
+		xattr_num = fep->xattr_counter;
+		/*
+		 * Don't always use the create flag because even if our xattr
+		 * counter is 0, we may still have xattrs associated to this
+		 * file - this happens when xattrs are added to a file through
+		 * one of its other hard links.
+		 */
+		if (random() % 2)
+			flag = XATTR_CREATE;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * The maximum supported value size depends on the filesystem
+	 * implementation, but 100 bytes is a safe value for most filesystems
+	 * at least.
+	 */
+	value_len = random() % 101;
+
+	memcpy(name, "user.x", 6);
+	sprintf(name + 6, "%d", xattr_num);
+	value = gen_random_string(value_len);
+	if (!value && value_len > 0) {
+		if (v)
+			printf("%d/%d: setxattr - file %s failed to allocate value with %d bytes\n",
+			       procid, opno, f.path, value_len);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	e = fsetxattr(fd, name, value, value_len, flag) < 0 ? errno : 0;
+	if (v)
+		printf("%d/%d: setxattr file %s name %s flag %s value length %d: %d\n",
+		       procid, opno, f.path, name, xattr_flag_to_string(flag),
+		       value_len, e);
+out:
+	free(value);
+	free_pathname(&f);
+	if (dir)
+		closedir(dir);
+	else
+		close(fd);
+}
+
 void
 stat_f(int opno, long r)
 {
@@ -4199,7 +4331,7 @@  symlink_f(int opno, long r)
 	e = symlink_path(val, &f) < 0 ? errno : 0;
 	check_cwd();
 	if (e == 0)
-		add_to_flist(FT_SYM, id, parid);
+		add_to_flist(FT_SYM, id, parid, 0);
 	free(val);
 	if (v) {
 		printf("%d/%d: symlink %s %d\n", procid, opno, f.path, e);