Re: VOP_STRATEGY for devices and pipes

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 11:00:36AM -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:
 > setting an extattr on a device node in UFS is already disallowed.
 > ffs_setextattr() has this check:
 > 
 >         if (ap->a_vp->v_type == VCHR || ap->a_vp->v_type == VBLK)
 >                 return (EOPNOTSUPP);
 > 
 > I have not checked other file systems to see if they have an
 > equivalent check.

I don't think anything else does extattrs. tmpfs doesn't, for example.

 > I think we should continue to support extattrs on fifos for two reasons:
 >  - extattrs are used to implement ACLs, and it is useful to be able
 >    to set an ACL on a fifo.
 >  - it is good to remain more compatible with FreeBSD in this area.

Reasonable enough.

of course it's also useful to be able to set an ACL on a device...
but not now.

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David A. Holland
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