Re: [PATCH 1/4] Cache xattr security drop check for write

[Andi Kleen]

> And having said that, I'm not convinced it's the *right* check - on an SELinux
> system, pretty much *all* the files have a security xattr attached to them, and
> very few are actually setuid/setgid. So 98% of the time, or more, this will DTWT.

These are not for selinux xattrs, but capability xattrs.

And I think you misunderstand the semantics of the flag.
The flag just signifies the inode has neither suid nor capabilities.

-Andi
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