1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/libcxattr.py b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/libcxattr.py
index 553d8f13424..e6406c36bd7 100644
--- a/geo-replication/syncdaemon/libcxattr.py
+++ b/geo-replication/syncdaemon/libcxattr.py
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
 #
 
 import os
-from ctypes import CDLL, create_string_buffer, get_errno
-from ctypes.util import find_library
+from ctypes import CDLL, get_errno
+from py2py3 import (bytearray_to_str, gr_create_string_buffer,
+                    gr_query_xattr, gr_lsetxattr, gr_lremovexattr)
 
 
 class Xattr(object):
 
-    """singleton that wraps the extended attribues system
+    """singleton that wraps the extended attributes system
        interface for python using ctypes
 
        Just implement it to the degree we need it, in particular
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ class Xattr(object):
          sizes we expect
     """
 
-    libc = CDLL(find_library("libc"), use_errno=True)
+    libc = CDLL("libc.so.6", use_errno=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def geterrno(cls):
@@ -39,20 +40,23 @@ class Xattr(object):
     @classmethod
     def _query_xattr(cls, path, siz, syscall, *a):
         if siz:
-            buf = create_string_buffer('\0' * siz)
+            buf = gr_create_string_buffer(siz)
         else:
             buf = None
         ret = getattr(cls.libc, syscall)(*((path,) + a + (buf, siz)))
         if ret == -1:
             cls.raise_oserr()
         if siz:
-            return buf.raw[:ret]
+            # py2 and py3 compatibility. Convert bytes array
+            # to string
+            result = bytearray_to_str(buf.raw)
+            return result[:ret]
         else:
             return ret
 
     @classmethod
     def lgetxattr(cls, path, attr, siz=0):
-        return cls._query_xattr(path, siz, 'lgetxattr', attr)
+        return gr_query_xattr(cls, path, siz, 'lgetxattr', attr)
 
     @classmethod
     def lgetxattr_buf(cls, path, attr):
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ class Xattr(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def llistxattr(cls, path, siz=0):
-        ret = cls._query_xattr(path, siz, 'llistxattr')
+        ret = gr_query_xattr(cls, path, siz, 'llistxattr')
         if isinstance(ret, str):
             ret = ret.strip('\0')
             ret = ret.split('\0') if ret else []
@@ -74,13 +78,13 @@ class Xattr(object):
 
     @classmethod
     def lsetxattr(cls, path, attr, val):
-        ret = cls.libc.lsetxattr(path, attr, val, len(val), 0)
+        ret = gr_lsetxattr(cls, path, attr, val)
         if ret == -1:
             cls.raise_oserr()
 
     @classmethod
     def lremovexattr(cls, path, attr):
-        ret = cls.libc.lremovexattr(path, attr)
+        ret = gr_lremovexattr(cls, path, attr)
         if ret == -1:
             cls.raise_oserr()