Hi, currently there is the hard limit for the size of extended attributes, of XATTR_SIZE_MAX set to 65536. Is there a reason for that limit or can this limit be removed, so that only the filesystem stays as a limiting factor here? In Samba we need to be able to store data in extrended attributes which can be much biger thatn 64k. AIX for example supports EAs of 16TB size in JFS2, Solaris is able to handle streams like files and also doesn't have special size limitations for EAs. Can we get rid of the tiny size limit in Linux also? Björn -- SerNet GmbH, Bahnhofsallee 1b, 37081 Göttingen ☎ +49-551-370000-0, ℻ +49-551-370000-9 AG Göttingen, HRB 2816, GF: Dr. Johannes Loxen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
