linux-ext4 - Re: e2fsprogs: mke2fs -d: copy the Extended Attributes

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Message-ID: <20140417162707.GK18591@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:27:07 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@...driver.com>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: e2fsprogs: mke2fs -d: copy the Extended Attributes

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 03:14:34PM +0800, Robert Yang wrote:
> 
> The "mke2fs -d" doesn't copy the file's extended attributes into the
> device currently, I'd like to make it work and submit a patch for it
> if it is acceptable by e2fsprogs. Maybe we can add a "[-x xattr]"
> option for "mke2fs -d" to make it copy the extended attributes.

Any reason not to always copy the xattrs if they exist?

If we want to add a new option for a feature like this which is fairly
exotic, my preference would be to either use the -E mechanism and make
it be an extended option, or to put it in /etc/mke2fs.conf.

Regards,

						- Ted
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