Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 11/16] f2fs: add inode operations for special inodes | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:25:01 +0000 |
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On Tuesday 16 October 2012, Jaegeuk Kim wrote: > > > > > > An xattr on the root inode that holds a list like this is something > > > > that could be set at mkfs time, but then also updated easily by new > > > > software packages that are installed... > > > > Yes, good idea. > > Likewise many file systems, f2fs also supports xattr as a configurable > Kconfig option. > If user disables the xattr feature, how can we do this?
I can see three options here:
* make the extension list feature dependent on xattr, and treat all files the same if it's disabled.
* put the list into the superblock instead.
* fall back on a hardcoded list of extensions when the extended attribute is not present or the feature is disabled.
Arnd
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