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-rw-r--r--guix/build/syscalls.scm18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/guix/build/syscalls.scm b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
index 4ee2b97e76..3bb4545c04 100644
--- a/guix/build/syscalls.scm
+++ b/guix/build/syscalls.scm
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
fdatasync
pivot-root
scandir*
+ setxattr
fcntl-flock
lock-file
@@ -723,6 +724,23 @@ backend device."
(list (strerror err))
(list err))))))
+(define setxattr
+ (let ((proc (syscall->procedure int "setxattr"
+ `(* * * ,size_t ,int))))
+ (lambda* (file key value #:optional (flags 0))
+ "Set extended attribute KEY to VALUE on FILE."
+ (let*-values (((bv) (string->utf8 value))
+ ((ret err)
+ (proc (string->pointer/utf-8 file)
+ (string->pointer key)
+ (bytevector->pointer bv)
+ (bytevector-length bv)
+ flags)))
+ (unless (zero? ret)
+ (throw 'system-error "setxattr" "~S: ~A"
+ (list file key value (strerror err))
+ (list err)))))))
+
;;;
;;; Random.