* [PATCH] ext4: Reserve xattr index for Rich ACL support
@ 2013-02-06 12:53 Jan Kara
2013-03-07 14:59 ` Jan Kara
2013-04-17 22:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2013-02-06 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ted Tso; +Cc: linux-ext4, jeffm, Jan Kara
SUSE is carrying out of tree patches for Rich ACL support for ext4 as
they didn't get upstream due to opposition of some VFS maintainers.
Reserve xattr index for Rich ACLs so that it cannot be taken by anything
else which would force users to backup and reset their Rich ACLs on
files.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
---
fs/ext4/xattr.h | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
index 69eda78..7955773 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_LUSTRE 5
#define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY 6
#define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SYSTEM 7
+#define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_RICHACL 8
struct ext4_xattr_header {
__le32 h_magic; /* magic number for identification */
--
1.7.1
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2013-02-06 12:53 [PATCH] ext4: Reserve xattr index for Rich ACL support Jan Kara
@ 2013-03-07 14:59 ` Jan Kara
2013-04-17 22:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2013-03-07 14:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ted Tso; +Cc: linux-ext4, jeffm, Jan Kara
On Wed 06-02-13 13:53:31, Jan Kara wrote:
> SUSE is carrying out of tree patches for Rich ACL support for ext4 as
> they didn't get upstream due to opposition of some VFS maintainers.
> Reserve xattr index for Rich ACLs so that it cannot be taken by anything
> else which would force users to backup and reset their Rich ACLs on
> files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Ping? Any opinion on this?
Honza
> ---
> fs/ext4/xattr.h | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.h b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> index 69eda78..7955773 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.h
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_LUSTRE 5
> #define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SECURITY 6
> #define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_SYSTEM 7
> +#define EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_RICHACL 8
>
> struct ext4_xattr_header {
> __le32 h_magic; /* magic number for identification */
> --
> 1.7.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
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2013-02-06 12:53 [PATCH] ext4: Reserve xattr index for Rich ACL support Jan Kara
2013-03-07 14:59 ` Jan Kara
@ 2013-04-17 22:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Theodore Ts'o @ 2013-04-17 22:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Kara; +Cc: linux-ext4, jeffm
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 01:53:31PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> SUSE is carrying out of tree patches for Rich ACL support for ext4 as
> they didn't get upstream due to opposition of some VFS maintainers.
> Reserve xattr index for Rich ACLs so that it cannot be taken by anything
> else which would force users to backup and reset their Rich ACLs on
> files.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
I've added this to the ext4 patch queue. Thanks for poking me about
this.
Cheers,
- Ted
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