Re: [PATCH v18 19/22] richacl: Add richacl xattr handler

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J. Bruce Fields <hidden>
Date
2016-03-11 14:19:05
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Reply to
Christoph Hellwig, 2016-03-11
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 06:17:35AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:17:24AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
quoted
Add richacl xattr handler implementing the xattr operations based on the
get_richacl and set_richacl inode operations.
Given all the issues with Posix ACLs and selinux attributes these really
should be proper syscalls instead of abusing the xattr interface.
What are those problems exactly?

--b.
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