[Labeled-nfs] Pipes vs Netlink

[David P. Quigley]

On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 11:29 -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> 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.

You bring up a good point here so I guess the idea I had about extra
code in an embedded kernel is moot. 

> > 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.