UBIFS and mkfs.ubifs Security Extended attribute support patch available?

UBIFS and mkfs.ubifs Security Extended attribute support patch available?

[akshay st]

Hi Artem,
Sending message again, because i had to send in plain text.
I was looking for a patch to support Security extended attribute
support for UBIFS in kernel and mkfs.ubifs. Also i dont understand
what security extended attribute to write in mkfs.ubifs. Can u give me
some insight, or if there is some link which tells the same.
If there is no patch available i was looking to implement it. Can u please advise me.

Warm Regards,
Akshay

Re: UBIFS and mkfs.ubifs Security Extended attribute support patch available?

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 01:08 -0700, akshay st wrote:
> Hi Artem,
> Sending message again, because i had to send in plain text.
> I was looking for a patch to support Security extended attribute
> support for UBIFS in kernel and mkfs.ubifs. Also i dont understand
> what security extended attribute to write in mkfs.ubifs. Can u give me
> some insight, or if there is some link which tells the same.
> If there is no patch available i was looking to implement it. Can u please advise me.

I guess you should read this discussion:

http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2009-February/024488.html

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

Re: UBIFS and mkfs.ubifs Security Extended attribute support patch available?

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 17:32 +0200, ext akshay st wrote:
> Hi Artem
>  I understand now that it is not completely supported,I also
>  wanted to know is there anything to be done in mkfs.ubifs
>  for security xattr. 

I do not know, you need to look at the sources and try.

> I feel I can just add
>  securityinitinode() while creating a new inode in Linux
>  kernel?

Probably, I do not have time to look at this now, but if you submit me
tested patches, I'll happily accept them.

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Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)