linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name

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Date:	Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:04:51 -0800
From:	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>
To:	casey@...aufler-ca.com
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Dave Quigley <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>, viro@....linux.org.uk,
	bfields@...ldses.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	LSM List <linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr
	name


On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 17:55 -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> > There should be no need for ioctls.
> 
> Sorry, but as far as I'm concerned you just threw a bunny under
> the train for no apparent reason. What have ioctls got to do with
> anything?

What part of 'interoperability' don't you get here?

There is no room for extensions that allow clients+servers to establish
arbitrary private protocols.

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