Re: [PATCH 01/11] Security: Add hook to get full maclabel xattr name

Trond Myklebust
2008-02-29T05:05:19Z

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 17:55 -0800, Casey Schaufler wrote:

> > There should be no need for ioctls.
>
> Sorry, but as far as I'm concerned you just threw a bunny under
> the train for no apparent reason. What have ioctls got to do with
> anything?

What part of 'interoperability' don't you get here?

There is no room for extensions that allow clients+servers to establish
arbitrary private protocols.