Hi all, 
 
when requesting xattr on FreeBSD, only 256 bytes EAs are returned. 
This behaviour has been found by Alex Masterov. :-) 
When looking at the code in smbd/trans2.c, it seems to be clear, that 
the code path with the second try with 65536 bytes is not reached. 
(due to wrong return code or different errno). 
 
static BOOL get_ea_value(TALLOC_CTX *mem_ctx, connection_struct *conn, 
files_struct *fsp, 
				const char *fname, char *ea_name, struct 
ea_struct *pea) 
{ 
	/* Get the value of this xattr. Max size is 64k. */ 
	size_t attr_size = 256; 
	char *val = NULL; 
	ssize_t sizeret; 
 
 again: 
 
	val = TALLOC_REALLOC_ARRAY(mem_ctx, val, char, attr_size); 
	if (!val) { 
		return False; 
	} 
 
	if (fsp && fsp->fh->fd != -1) { 
		sizeret = SMB_VFS_FGETXATTR(fsp, fsp->fh->fd, ea_name, val, 
attr_size); 
	} else { 
		sizeret = SMB_VFS_GETXATTR(conn, fname, ea_name, val, 
attr_size); 
	} 
 
	if (sizeret == -1 && errno == ERANGE && attr_size != 65536) { 
		attr_size = 65536; 
		goto again; 
	} 
---- 
 
Timur I. Bakeyev (BAT), who had coded the special FreeBSD xattr additions, 
had a closer look at that - and found some strange oddities. 
He has prepared a patch, which was tested by Alex Masterov. 
AFAIK - the former seen glitches are gone now. :-) 
I do not run a FreeBSD box here - so Alex might comment on his tests. 
He usually is testing with latest svn revision. 
 
BaT told me on irc, that he will send his patch. 
 
Cheers, Guenter Kukkukk