From edb159da634d80822d52204975725accfc6c1b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:31:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] attr.7: Describe limit on EA values for JFS, XFS, and Reiserfs Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/attr.7 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/attr.7 b/man7/attr.7 index 1e44569a5..491482de3 100644 --- a/man7/attr.7 +++ b/man7/attr.7 @@ -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.