On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 02:23:29 +0000 "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Nov 2, 2013, at 6:57, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Currently, we fetch the security label when revalidating an inode's > > attributes, but don't apply it. This is in contrast to the readdir() > > codepath where we do apply label changes. > > OK. Why should we not just throw out the code that fetches the security label here? > > IOW: what is the caching model that is being implemented in this patch; is it just “fetch label at random intervals” or is there real method to the madness? > > Trond I think that we should apply the new security label as soon as we realize that it has changed. Why should we treat the security label differently from any other inode attribute (e.g. ownership or mode)? -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- 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
