linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] Add security.* XATTR support for the UBIFS

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:11:53 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	subodh.nijsure@...il.com
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	Subodh Nijsure <snijsure@...d-net.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] Add security.* XATTR support for the UBIFS

On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 14:28 -0700, subodh.nijsure@...il.com wrote:
> +#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR
> +
> +	err = ubifs_init_security(dir, inode, &dentry->d_name);
> +	if (err) {
> +		ubifs_err("cannot initialize extended attribute, error %d",
> +			  err);
> +		goto out_cancel;
> +	}
> +
> +#endif

Suboodh,

would you please first create a preparational patch which removes
the CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_XATTR completely and makes xattr support to be
always present.

And then you could add the security stuff on top of this without the
#ifdef churn.

Thanks!

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy

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