Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call | From | Casey Schaufler <> | Date | Tue, 24 Nov 2015 06:43:38 -0800 |
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On 11/24/2015 12:15 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 08:50:22AM -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote: >> How about relevant xattrs? SELinux context, ACL, that sort of thing. >> The fact that these are optional should be taken care of by (4). > Those are not simple, fixed size stat data and would make the system > call a giant mess. > I didn't say it would be easy. I do think that adding a system call that only deals with simple, fixed size data is going to fall short of solving "the problem".
Actually, a Smack label is fixed size (256 bytes). I suspect there is a maximum for SELinux contexts as well. ACLs I'll grant you are infinite.
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