On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 04:37:00PM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 08:07:02AM +0000, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote: > [autocreate extended attribute backend] > > Such a behavior could be triggered by a new kernel option such > > as UFS_EXTATTR_AUTOCREATE. It could hold the default size for autocreated > > attributes. (e.g.: options UFS_EXTATTR_AUTOCREATE=1024 to get 1024 bytes > > long attributes). > > Here is a patch that implements this option. Is it reasonable to commit it?
I don't love having an option for this. Is there a space or performance issue with making it (or extended attribute support in general!) the default? Too many knobs makes NetBSD a dull kernel. Thor
