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Date:      Tue, 29 Aug 2023 12:59:11 +0200
From:      Felix Palmen <zirias@freebsd.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Possible issue with linux xattr support?
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* Dmitry Chagin <dchagin@freebsd.org> [20230828 18:57]:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 08:03:33AM +0200, Felix Palmen wrote:
> > * Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> [20230827 16:59]:
> > >=20
> > > If we are to break it to fix a problem, maybe a sysctl to enable/disa=
ble then?
> >=20
> > IMHO depends on the exact nature of the problem. If it's confirmed that
> > it (always and only) breaks for jailed processes, just disabling it for
> > them would be the better workaround. "No-op" calls won't break anything.
> >=20
>=20
> please, try: https://people.freebsd.org/~dchagin/xattrerror.patch

Thanks, I can confirm this avoids the issue in both cases I experienced
(install from GNU coreutils and python).

If I understand this patch correctly, it completely avoids EPERM,
masking it as not supported, so callers should consider it non-fatal,
allowing to silently ignore writing of "system" attributes while still
keeping other functionality?

I wonder whether this could cause trouble in other scenarios (like a
read-only fs or actually missing file permissions)?

Cheers, Felix

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