Re: [PATCH 2/2] e2fsprogs: enable user namespace xattrs by default

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On 2011-02-16, at 11:21, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> User namespace xattrs are generally useful, and I think extN
> is the only filesystem requiring a special mount option to
> enable them, when xattrs are otherwise available.  So this
> change sets that mount option into the defaults.
> 
> Note that if xattrs are config'd off, this will lead to a
> mostly-harmless:
> 
>   EXT4-fs (sdc1): (no)user_xattr options not supported
> 
> message at mount time... 

Wouldn't it be more useful to change this in the kernel, instead of only changing it in the superblock for new filesystems?

Cheers, Andreas





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