Re: extattr namespaces

[manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)]

Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost> wrote:

> One thing that I'm wondering: what are the character constraints on
> those class names in the Linux API?

As I understand, the kernel just uses C strings. Encoding is userland's
tools business.
 
> For performance and security, integers make more sense to me than
> strings.  However, I don't think there'd be a problem if internally
> they're integers, yet showed to userland with a strings interface

The problem is that the Linux API allows you tu use arbitrary namespaces
without prior declaration. That does not seems workable with namespaces
stored as integers.

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