Re: XFS and LSM

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sethat_private

At 10:15 13-6-2002 +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
>I wanted to build a system running the XFS file system and Linux Security
>Modules (LSM), so I had a look at hacking the patch files to make them work.
>
>I found one issue where the patches severely conflict, system call 1217 on
>IA64 is sys_setxattr for XFS and is sys_security for LSM!
>
>One of the projects has to change the system call.

As far as I know the system calls for the ACL interface have just been 
commited. In 2.5 that is. I also believe that interface will we integrated 
in 2.4.20 when that is due.

>Seth, I'm emailing you because from a quick glance at the FAQ I couldn't find
>a better person to email regarding XFS issues.

I have cc'ed the mailinglist. The SGI gurus know exactly what the current 
state of affairs is.

Cheers

--
Seth
It might just be your lucky day, if you only knew.

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