Re: [PATCH -V7 21/26] richacl: xattr mapping functions

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 09:02:56PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> +#define RICHACL_XATTR "system.richacl"
> +
> +struct richace_xattr {
> +	__le16		e_type;
> +	__le16		e_flags;
> +	__le32		e_mask;
> +	__le32		e_id;
> +	char		e_who[0];
> +};

Does it really make sense to use a string here just to pick between the
three choices OWNER@, GROUP@, and EVERYONE@?  Why not just another small
integer?  Is the goal to expand this somehow eventually?

--b.
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