linux-ext4 - [PATCH 5/6] chattr.1: clarify that ext4 doesn't support tail-merging either

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Date:   Sun, 17 Nov 2019 17:48:51 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] chattr.1: clarify that ext4 doesn't support tail-merging either

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

This old text was never updated to mention ext4 in addition to ext2 and
ext3.  Do so now.  Also don't bother to mention old unmerged patches.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 misc/chattr.1.in | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in
index cc751fe8..870397ae 100644
--- a/misc/chattr.1.in
+++ b/misc/chattr.1.in
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ A file with the 't' attribute will not have a partial block fragment at
 the end of the file merged with other files (for those filesystems which
 support tail-merging).  This is necessary for applications such as LILO
 which read the filesystem directly, and which don't understand tail-merged
-files.  Note: As of this writing, the ext2 or ext3 filesystems do not
-(yet, except in very experimental patches) support tail-merging.
+files.  Note: As of this writing, the ext2, ext3, and ext4 filesystems do
+not support tail-merging.
 .PP
 A directory with the 'T' attribute will be deemed to be the top of
 directory hierarchies for the purposes of the Orlov block allocator.
-- 
2.24.0