Hello, On 01/31 2014 15:40 PM, Sun_Blood wrote: > Hello, > > If I understands it correctly XFS don't have a limit to the size of > extended attributes(EA) but Linux impose a limit at 64k. > What I am trying to do is build a backup server that our Apple computers > will use together with rsync to backup files to. The problem I face is > that Apple HFS+ don't have a limit to EA so it has files with more then > 64k of EA in it. > > The Linux Kernel has a limit imposed to it in include/linux/limits.h > > #defineXATTR_SIZE_MAX 65536 /* size of an extended attribute value > (64k) */ > > #defineXATTR_LIST_MAX 65536 /* size of extended attribute namelist > (64k) */ > Yes, 64k is the VFS limit per EA value size. > Changing this values feels unsafe because they will be system wide. > > Is the any possibility to combine Linux + XFS to make a backup that > works with EA or is this more a question for kernel.org <http://kernel.org>? So if an EA value size on HFS+ is larger than 64k, I suspect it would failed to preserve on Linux+XFS... But if a file has multiple EAs, and each EA's value size is <= 64K, it would be works IMO. Thanks, -Jeff _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
