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

To: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v18 19/22] richacl: Add richacl xattr handler
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 06:17:35 -0800
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>, linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:17:24AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> 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.

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