attr.7: Describe limit on EA values for JFS, XFS, and Reiserfs

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ In the Btrfs, XFS, and Reiserfs filesystem implementations, there is no
practical limit on the number of extended attributes
associated with a file, and the algorithms used to store extended
attribute information on disk are scalable.
In the JFS, XFS, and Reiserfs filesystem implementations,
the limit on bytes used in an EA value is the ceiling imposed by the VFS.
.SH CONFORMING TO
Extended attributes are not specified in POSIX.1, but some other systems
(e.g., the BSDs and Solaris) provide a similar feature.