On Thu, Jun 04, 2015 at 06:38:56PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > Turns out that the kernel requires the inline data xattr to exist for > all inline data files, even if the inline data size is zero. > Therefore, never delete the xattr key, and teach e2fsck always to look > for it. > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> It seems reasonable to have e2fsck look for this case, but I wonder if it might be better to fix it by changing the kernel and e2fsck and libext2fs's punch function to clear the inline data flag when it removes the inline data xattr, and to do so if the xattr data size is zero. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html