Hi, Presumably Linux client and server implementations would restrict use of "system." Perhaps would be more to talk about, if xattrs were implemented experimentally. I'm interested in knowing about patches that might be floating around for the Linux client, for NFSv4.x. (I've seen NFSv3 work.) Thanks, Matt ----- "Trond Myklebust" <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Oct 24, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer > <calestyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 08:45 +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > >> labeled NFS (i.e. security labels for NFS) is already supported in > Linux 3.10 and newer. > > Sure, but that doesn't really help me. > > > > > >> There are no plans to merge general purpose xattrs. > > Why not? Is it a big deal? > > > > Linux xattrs are a rabid mess. > > The whole "system" namespace is something that cannot and should not > ever be exposed on a network. > The "trusted" and "user" namespaces just offer specialised storage. > Why are they needed? > > > > >> Please just use an application-specific database. > > Well that won't work,... since that wouldn't be updated if e.g. > > pathnames are changed by any program (cp, mv) > > If the data needs to follow the file, then store it in the file. Why > do you need the filesystem to manage that for you? > > Cheers > Trond-- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" > in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Matt Benjamin The Linux Box 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://linuxbox.com tel. 734-761-4689 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
