On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 10:56:35PM +0900, Wang Shilong wrote: > From: Wang Shilong <wshilong@xxxxxxx> > > Steps to reproduce: > > $ touch a > $ lsattr -dp a > 2000 ----------------P a > $ ln -s a b > $ lsattr -dp b > lsattr: Operation not supported While reading flags on b > > Link files should be supported, fix it. > > Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wshilong@xxxxxxx> You can't actually set or get the extended attributes for a symlink; the *kernel* doesn't support what you seem to be hoping to achieve. This patch result in fgetflags() following the symlink and opening whatever file it points at. - Ted
