Re: [PATCH v18 19/22] richacl: Add richacl xattr handler

J. Bruce Fields
2016-03-11T14:19:08Z

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 06:17:35AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:17:24AM +0100, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> > Add richacl xattr handler implementing the xattr operations based on the
> > get_richacl and set_richacl inode operations.
>
> Given all the issues with Posix ACLs and selinux attributes these really
> should be proper syscalls instead of abusing the xattr interface.

What are those problems exactly?

--b.