Re: "ls -l": Avoid unnecessary getxattr() overhead

[Sven Breuner]

Pádraig Brady wrote on 02/20/2012 11:54 AM:
> On 02/20/2012 02:06 AM, Sven Breuner wrote:
> > Pádraig Brady wrote on 02/20/2012 12:54 AM:
> > > I just booted RHEL 6.2 with selinux=0 on the kernel command line,
> > > so as I could test new files without a context created, and...
> > >
> > > getxattr("security.selinux") on new files on tmpfs, returns ENOTSUP
> > >  [...]
> >
> > Seems to be inconsistent. Some of our RHEL 6.x systems return "unlabled" on a 
> > tmpfs:
> >  [...]
>
> I thought the difference might be selinux=0 boot param,
> versus selinux=disabled in /etc/selinux/config, but that's not significant.

You were right, Pádraig. Booting the machines that previously returned 
"unlabled" with "selinux=0" makes them return EOPNOTSUPP.

Best regards,
Sven