linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/10] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4 flags

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Message-ID: <4C3952D6.7040608@schaufler-ca.com>
Date:	Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:12:54 -0700
From:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
To:	Kyle Moffett <kyle@...fetthome.net>
CC:	"David P. Quigley" <dpquigl@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>, hch@...radead.org,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
	matthew.dodd@...rta.com, trond.myklebust@....uio.no,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/10] NFSv4: Add label recommended attribute and NFSv4
 	flags

Kyle Moffett wrote:
> ...
> Even in local filesystems like ext3 we prefer to turn labels into
> numbers, store the number with each inode, and then keep the labels
> indexed in a separate datastructure.
>   

I don't know what system you're talking about, but that notion
was pretty well dispelled in the late 1980's, after the SystemV/MLS
and SecureWare examples.

> Cheers,
> Kyle Moffett
>
>
>   

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