Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache
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Msg-id 20110609163722.GB18128@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache  (Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp>)
Responses Re: [v9.1] sepgsql - userspace access vector cache
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* Kohei KaiGai (kaigai@kaigai.gr.jp) wrote:
> The only modification by this patch to the core routine is a new
> syscache for pg_seclabel system catalog. The SECLABELOID enables to
> reference security label of the object using syscache interface.

Perhaps I'm missing it, but.. why is this necessary to implement such a
cache?  Also, I thought the SELinux userspace libraries provided a cache
solution?  This issue is hardly unique to SELinux in PostgreSQL...
THanks,
    Stephen

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