Comment 1:

[The time for maybe has passed.]

Labels changed: removed go1.1maybe.

Comment 2:

Labels changed: added go1.2.

Comment 3:

Labels changed: added feature.

Comment 4:

$ go run getwd.go
size=28 buf="\x1c\x00\x00\x00\b\x00\x00\x00\x10\x00\x00\x00/Users/bradfitz\x00"
GetAttrList = <nil>
package main
import (
        "fmt"
        "syscall"
        "unsafe"
)
const (
        AttrBitMapCount = 5
        AttrCmnFullpath = 0x08000000
)
type AttrList struct {
        BitmapCount uint16
        _           uint16
        CommonAttr  uint32
        VolAttr     uint32
        DirAttr     uint32
        FileAttr    uint32
        Forkattr    uint32
}
func GetAttrList(path string, attrs AttrList, options uint) error {
        attrs.BitmapCount = 5
        var _p0 *byte
        _p0, err := syscall.BytePtrFromString(path)
        if err != nil {
                return err
        }
        var buf [4096]byte
        _, _, e1 := syscall.Syscall6(
                syscall.SYS_GETATTRLIST,
                uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_p0)),
                uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&attrs)),
                uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])),
                uintptr(4096),
                uintptr(options),
                0,
        )
        if e1 != 0 {
                return e1
        }
        size := *(*uint32)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))
        fmt.Printf("size=%v buf=%q\n", size, buf[:size])
        return nil
}
func main() {
        err := GetAttrList(".", AttrList{CommonAttr: AttrCmnFullpath}, 0)
        fmt.Printf("GetAttrList = %v\n", err)
}

Comment 5:

Wow. Still, probably cheaper than what we do today.

Comment 6:

https://golang.org/cl/12349044/

Owner changed to @bradfitz.

Status changed to Started.

Comment 7:

This issue was closed by revision 7963ba6.

Status changed to Fixed.