Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751306Ab0GKFM4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:12:56 -0400 Received: from smtp106.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com ([98.136.44.61]:49079 "HELO smtp106.prem.mail.sp1.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750883Ab0GKFMy (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jul 2010 01:12:54 -0400 X-Yahoo-SMTP: OIJXglSswBDfgLtXluJ6wiAYv6_cnw-- X-YMail-OSG: n32t80UVM1mSV6SjglGU4qUkf5HFL0hcpO4TcyY7DsUk8hT JB19cXq5bfNnJmPBnLZhvMyVZ_La9TvSjG3JH9766REhS8.vjgxWez2QoRaR 21x5gplSmWwJV84N9YxUPx.uZzq2JOBGzkbvDw2McapIMs.Z5HdUVFsLNlr_ ecmcIrP_Zt9nH0_kI.8hl2gBjackul1UniN3fo014akqWPA9soXdid2ZyZWa 9xuxKEhfbsO_O8wK.kFWvLe9rGw.D_nlfGGnLzc6NXO1Jaa9e3uTDZuZhL4W xWJswmUzjMrMB_j3QEX7MhaY- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Message-ID: <4C3952D6.7040608@schaufler-ca.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:12:54 -0700 From: Casey Schaufler User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kyle Moffett CC: "David P. Quigley" , James Morris , "J. Bruce Fields" , hch@infradead.org, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, sds@tycho.nsa.gov, matthew.dodd@sparta.com, trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org, selinux@tycho.nsa.gov, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4 flags References: <1278513086-23964-1-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> <1278513086-23964-7-git-send-email-dpquigl@tycho.nsa.gov> <20100707170058.GD28815@fieldses.org> <1278596363.2494.194.camel@moss-terrapins.epoch.ncsc.mil> <1278684348.2494.223.camel@moss-terrapins.epoch.ncsc.mil> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 646 Lines: 22 Kyle Moffett wrote: > ... > Even in local filesystems like ext3 we prefer to turn labels into > numbers, store the number with each inode, and then keep the labels > indexed in a separate datastructure. > I don't know what system you're talking about, but that notion was pretty well dispelled in the late 1980's, after the SystemV/MLS and SecureWare examples. > Cheers, > Kyle Moffett > > > -- 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/