[Labeled-nfs] Pipes vs Netlink

[J. Bruce Fields]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 09:52:51AM -0400, David P. Quigley wrote:
> The downside is that it forces us to have a dependency on rpc_pipefs.

Anybody using nfsv4 or rpcsec_gss will already need rpc_pipefs.

> If the need ever arises to have Labeled NFS on some sort of embedded
> device the extra space for rpc_pipefs might be a problem.

What extra space exactly, and how does it compare to the netlink case?

--b.