linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] gen_init_cpio: add support for file metadata

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Date:   Sun, 30 Jun 2019 11:27:36 -0400
From:   Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-integrity@...r.kernel.org, initramfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bug-cpio@....org,
        zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, silviu.vlasceanu@...wei.com,
        dmitry.kasatkin@...wei.com, takondra@...co.com, kamensky@...co.com,
        hpa@...or.com, arnd@...db.de, rob@...dley.net,
        james.w.mcmechan@...il.com, niveditas98@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] gen_init_cpio: add support for file metadata

On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 14:18 +0200, Roberto Sassu wrote:

> diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
> index 43658b8a975e..8d9f54a16440 100644
> --- a/usr/Kconfig
> +++ b/usr/Kconfig
> @@ -233,3 +233,11 @@ config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION
>  	default ".lzma" if RD_LZMA
>  	default ".bz2"  if RD_BZIP2
>  	default ""
> +
> +config INITRAMFS_FILE_METADATA
> +	string "File metadata type"
> +	default ""
> +	help
> +	  Specify xattr to include xattrs in the image.
> +
> +	  If you are not sure, leave it blank.
> 	fi

Instead of having to specify the metdata type, let's make this a
choice.

Mimi