RE: [RFC v3 42/45] nfs: Add richacl support

[Frank Filz]

> First, let me say thanks for all the work! We (Primary Data) have been using
> samba with the vfs_richacl module reexporting an nfsv4.2 mount and things
> are working pretty well. You can count on us for testing, bug fixing and code
> review.
> 
> Now for my question: It looks like this call to richacl_apply_masks in the client
> xattr_set path exists so that the knfsd permission check algorithm works
> correctly.
> This makes some pretty big assumptions about the serverâs implementation.
> There are other servers out there besides knfsd!
> 
> I think this will have to be fixed before this patch can be accepted. Iâm willing
> to help, but Iâm wondering where this should be fixed:
> 
> Do we call richacl_apply_masks on the server before setting the xattr so the
> normalized acl is saved, or should we save the ACL as-is and call
> richacl_apply_masks before itâs used?

I definitely want to hear more about this. At some point we will utilize RichACLs in Ganesha.

Frank


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