linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] e2fsprogs: enable user namespace xattrs by default

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Message-ID: <4D5C252B.2010102@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Feb 2011 13:27:39 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] e2fsprogs: enable user namespace xattrs by default

On 2/16/11 1:15 PM, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On 2011-02-16, at 11:21, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> User namespace xattrs are generally useful, and I think extN
>> is the only filesystem requiring a special mount option to
>> enable them, when xattrs are otherwise available.  So this
>> change sets that mount option into the defaults.
>>
>> Note that if xattrs are config'd off, this will lead to a
>> mostly-harmless:
>>
>>   EXT4-fs (sdc1): (no)user_xattr options not supported
>>
>> message at mount time... 
> 
> Wouldn't it be more useful to change this in the kernel, instead of only changing it in the superblock for new filesystems?
> 
> Cheers, Andreas

I thought about that; maybe it should happen in both places?

-Eric
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