Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:48316 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751179Ab3J0RvN (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:51:13 -0400 Subject: Re: XATTRs in NFS? From: Simo Sorce To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: "Myklebust, Trond" , "Matt W. Benjamin" , Dr Fields James Bruce , Christoph Anton Mitterer , Mailing List Linux NFS , Wheeler Ric In-Reply-To: <20131027165628.GA447@infradead.org> References: <312486415.16.1382796101374.JavaMail.root@thunderbeast.private.linuxbox.com> <5FC093E3-1CD3-4AC7-A91F-37C8DEC6BEFE@netapp.com> <20131027165628.GA447@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:50:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1382896232.899.121.camel@willson.li.ssimo.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sun, 2013-10-27 at 09:56 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:31:46PM +0000, Myklebust, Trond wrote: > > The NFSv4 working group has no authority to do so. POSIX would be the right address. > > The complete lack of clue, authority or even defined semantics didn't > stop them from defining their ACL model. User extended attributes are > harmless compared to that, even if everyone has subtly different > flavours. +1 -- Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York