From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:15:19 -0800 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 Cc: David Howells , arnd-r2nGTMty4D4@public.gmane.org, linux-afs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-nfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, samba-technical-w/Ol4Ecudpl8XjKLYN78aQ@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fsdevel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-ext4-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Casey Schaufler Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <564F4F4E.8060603-iSGtlc1asvQWG2LlvL+J4A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-nfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org 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-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html