I've submitted the ceph.snap.btime vxattr changes along with basic test coverage via: https://github.com/ceph/ceph/pull/27077 Feedback appreciated :) As you indicated, Sage, Kernel CEPHFS_FEATURE_REPLY_ENCODING support looks like a pretty big chunk of work, so I'll put it on the back-burner for now until I'm at least all done with the corresponding Samba changes. Cheers, David