linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/32] ext4: extended attribute value size limit is enforced by vfs

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:42:39 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/32] ext4: extended attribute value size limit is
 enforced by vfs

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:19PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> EXT4_XATTR_MAX_LARGE_EA_SIZE definition in ext4 is currently unused.
> Besides, vfs enforces its own 64k limit which makes the 1MB limit in
> ext4 redundant. Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

	      	     	  	- Ted