linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 08:33:36 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     j@...ron.ch, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:31:32 +0200, Jürg Billeter wrote:
> As `set_inode_xattr()` doesn't fail if the `llistxattr()` function is
> not available, it seems inconsistent to let `set_inode_xattr()` fail if
> `llistxattr()` fails with `ENOTSUP`, indicating that the filesystem
> doesn't support extended attributes.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] create_inode: do not fail if filesystem doesn't support xattr
      commit: 985b46c55070c62153587e5b18ecb5310706546c

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>