Re: [Ext2-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ext2/3: Support 2^32-1 blocks(Kernel)

Hi,

On Sun, 2006-03-26 at 09:27 -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:

> I'm not sure what is required for supporting such EAs?  I don't think
> any kernel would remove existing EAs, even if it doesn't understand
> them.

Right --- reservation in fs/ext[23]/xattr.h is sufficient, I think, as
all we need is to make sure that the gnu.* on-disk namespace is reserved
against reuse by any new namespaces in the future.

--Stephen


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