linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call

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Message-ID: <20151124081519.GA16147@infradead.org>
Date:	Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:15:19 -0800
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Casey Schaufler <casey@...aufler-ca.com>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, arnd@...db.de,
	linux-afs@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org, samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/12] Enhanced file stat system call

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.
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