On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 12:00:59PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > /dev/ram0 /mnt xfs rw,relatime,attr2,dax,inode64,noquota 0 0 > > marvin5:~/:[0]# ls /mnt/ > fsxfile fsxfile.fsxgood fsxfile.fsxlog > > marvin5:~/:[0]# ./xfsprogs-dev/io/xfs_io -c 'lsattr' /mnt/fsxfile > -p-------------- /mnt/fsxfile > > marvin5:~/:[0]# ./xfsprogs-dev/io/xfs_io -c 'chattr +x' /mnt/fsxfile > > marvin5:~/:[0]# ./xfsprogs-dev/io/xfs_io -c 'lsattr' /mnt/fsxfile > -p-------------- /mnt/fsxfile > > No DAX flag set and no error... What am I doing wrong? Odd. Even on a non-DAX device the flag sticks for me: root@testvm:~# mount /dev/sda /mnt/ root@testvm:~# touch foo root@testvm:~# cd /mnt/ root@testvm:/mnt# xfs_io -c 'chattr +x' foo root@testvm:/mnt# xfs_io -c 'lsattr' foo --------------x- foo