Re: [PATCH 01/28] ext4: xattr-in-inode support

2017-05-31 Thread Tahsin Erdogan
>> allowing the ext4/e2fsck to verify the correct inode is accessed. > > Can we store the checksum of the xattr value somewhere? We already > checksum the values if they're stored in the ibody or a single external > block, and I'd hate to lose that protection. > > We could probably reuse one of th

Re: [PATCH 01/28] ext4: xattr-in-inode support

2017-05-31 Thread Darrick J. Wong
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 01:14:50AM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote: > From: Andreas Dilger > > Large xattr support is implemented for EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EA_INODE. > > If the size of an xattr value is larger than will fit in a single > external block, then the xattr value will be saved into the bo