Re: RFC: Solaris style extended attributes for FreeBSD

On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am now less convinced that a new value for xattr is needed.
> I need to do more testing, but with xattr set to dir and not sa
> (shown as "on" for zfs get xattr), the attributes seem compatible
> and it is just the KAPI which changes.
>
> rick

Rick, is it OK to serve the same information as an xattr and as a
named attribute over NFS?
I'm thinking of how this will interplay with xattrs via RFC8276 since
they all occupy the same namespace.

Being able to fchmod named attributes may also present some unexpected
permissions issues with
users trying to access them via xattr interfaces.

Andrew