* security.h (NTWriteEA): Change prototype.

* ntea.cc (NTReadEA): Don't check for global ntea setting, now
it's caller responsibility.
(NTWriteEA): Ditto.
* security.cc (get_file_attribute): Read attribute from EA only
if 'ntea' is enabled.
(set_file_attribute): Ditto.
* path.h: (class path_conv): Add members to store file system
information.
(path_conv::get_drive_type): New function.
* syscalls.cc (stat_worker): Use it.
* path.cc (path_conv::update_fs_info): New functions.
(path_conv::check): Get file system information from device where
file resides. On NTFS, try to read symlink contents from EA.
(get_symlink_ea): New function.
(set_symlink_ea): Ditto.
(symlink): Store symlink in extended attribute, if possible.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc b/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc
index 85cc4187f..1d5c77cd4 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ntea.cc
@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ BOOL NTWriteEA(const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len);
 int __stdcall
 NTReadEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *attrbuf, int len)
 {
-    /* return immediately if NTEA usage is turned off */
-    if (!allow_ntea)
-      return FALSE;
-
     HANDLE hFileSource;
     int eafound = 0;
     PFILE_FULL_EA_INFORMATION ea, sea;
@@ -254,12 +250,8 @@ NTReadEARaw (HANDLE hFileSource, int *len)
  */
 
 BOOL __stdcall
-NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, char *buf, int len)
+NTWriteEA (const char *file, const char *attrname, const char *buf, int len)
 {
-  /* return immediately if NTEA usage is turned off */
-  if (!allow_ntea)
-    return TRUE;
-
   HANDLE hFileSource;
   WIN32_STREAM_ID StreamId;
   DWORD dwBytesWritten;