Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from aa.linuxbox.com ([69.128.83.226]:1800 "EHLO aa.linuxbox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751849Ab3JZOB4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:01:56 -0400 Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 10:01:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matt W. Benjamin" To: Trond Myklebust Cc: Dr Fields James Bruce , Christoph Anton Mitterer , Mailing List Linux NFS , Wheeler Ric Message-ID: <312486415.16.1382796101374.JavaMail.root@thunderbeast.private.linuxbox.com> In-Reply-To: <432349691.14.1382795633967.JavaMail.root@thunderbeast.private.linuxbox.com> Subject: Re: XATTRs in NFS? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Surely you don't need NFSv4 to standardize the the (empty?) set of system or magic attributes Linux should export? Besides, as you're well aware, most people who ask for xattrs are looking for an ability to associate arbitrary specific data, not a back door ioctl interface. That's clearly what the NFSv4 named attributes as standardized were intended for. I'm well aware of other uses and plans that someone would want to standardize, but it seems irrelevant to the discussion. Matt ----- "Trond Myklebust" wrote: > > Standardise those xattrs, and we can export them specifically as part > of the NFSv4 spec. > -- Matt Benjamin The Linux Box 206 South Fifth Ave. Suite 150 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 http://linuxbox.com tel. 734-761-4689 fax. 734-769-8938 cel. 734-216-5309