Re: [PATCH 00/15] smb: add native security and trusted xattrs

What other protocol improvements should go into the new version of the prot=
ocol?

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 3:24=E2=80=AFAM Ralph Boehme <[email protected]> wrote=
:
>
> Hi Ze,
>
> On 7/25/26 8:56 AM, tanze wrote:
> > For a handle opened with an SMB3 POSIX create context, the mapping in
> > this series is:
> >
> >      Client-visible xattr        Protocol EA name        Server xattr
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >      user.foo                    foo                     user.foo
> >      security.capability         security.capability  security.capabili=
ty
> >      security.xfstests           security.xfstests  security.xfstests
> >      trusted.foo                 trusted.foo  trusted.foo
> thanks!
>
> I'm personally strongly leaning towards having a protocol design that
> carries the namespace for *all* namespaces including user. Special
> casing the user namespace just for the sake of avoiding a clean design
> with a protocol version bump should be avoided.
>
> As said before, I'm happy to help and work on the protocol spec and
> documentation side of things.
>
> I suggest we wait for more feedback on the design from others,
> particularly Volker, metze, Jeremy and Tom.
>
> Thanks!
> -slow



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Thanks,

Steve