* Casey Schaufler (casey@schaufler-ca.com) wrote:
> --- Chris Wright <chrisw@private> wrote:
> > Separate namespace, so appropriate for each.
>
> So the file system specific code for a file
> system could, if such a hook existed, call
> xattr = security_supply_xattr("security.BandL", inode)
>
> This would seem no less intrusive than a
> defaulting scheme to me, and might be acceptable
> "upstream".
That's exactly what is done. The patch is only moving the logic into
a central location for those that don't have the various xattr ops
filed out. Those that do have them check for "security." prefix and
start talking to the module until it comes to reading/writing data to disk.
thanks,
-chris
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