Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752911AbbKXIPZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:15:25 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.9]:47334 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752040AbbKXIPW (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Nov 2015 03:15:22 -0500 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:15:19 -0800 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Casey Schaufler Cc: David Howells , arnd@arndb.de, linux-afs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, samba-technical@lists.samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call Message-ID: <20151124081519.GA16147@infradead.org> References: <20151120145422.18930.72662.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <564F4F4E.8060603@schaufler-ca.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <564F4F4E.8060603@schaufler-ca.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by bombadil.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 537 Lines: 11 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/