linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1 V2] mqueue: Implment generic xattr support

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2016 08:45:14 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:     David Graziano <david.graziano@...kwellcollins.com>
cc:     golbi@....uni.torun.pl, michal.wronski@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, sds@...ho.nsa.gov,
        seth.forshee@...onical.com, ebiederm@...ssion.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 V2] mqueue: Implment generic xattr support

On Mon, 7 Nov 2016, David Graziano wrote:

> This patch adds support for generic extended attributes within the
> POSIX message queues filesystem and setting them by consulting the LSM.
> This is needed so that the security.selinux extended attribute can be
> set via a SELinux named type transition on file inodes created within
> the filesystem. The implementation and LSM call back function are based
> off tmpfs/shmem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Graziano <david.graziano@...kwellcollins.com>


Acked-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>

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James Morris
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