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Wed, 2 Sep 2026 07:38:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 13:38:16 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Jingbo Xu , xiang@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] erofs: add sysfs feature entry for xattr prefixes Message-ID: <2026090249-rework-vividly-5abb@gregkh> References: <20260902015039.54190-1-jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com> <2026090256-impart-headstand-7d29@gregkh> X-Mailing-List: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org List-Id: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , , List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 06:53:16PM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 07:36:13AM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2026 at 09:50:39AM +0800, Jingbo Xu wrote: > > > Let /sys/fs/erofs/features/xattr_prefixes advertise that this kernel > > > supports the EROFS_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_XATTR_PREFIXES on-disk format. > > > > > > Fixes: 6a318ccd7e08 ("erofs: enable long extended attribute name prefixes") > > > Cc: # 6.4+ > > > Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang > > > Signed-off-by: Jingbo Xu > > > --- > > > changes since v2: > > > - add Reviewed-by tag (Gao Xiang) > > > - update list in Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-erofs > > > (https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260901062243.109172-1-jefflexu%40linux.alibaba.com) > > > --- > > > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-fs-erofs | 2 +- > > > fs/erofs/sysfs.c | 2 ++ > > > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > Why is adding a new feature a stable thing? > > It's not a new feature (Also, this patch has 3 lines diff): > This is a bugfix to address the missing part of > commit 6a318ccd7e08 ("erofs: enable long extended > attribute name prefixes"") since every on-disk features > should be shown in `/sys/fs/erofs/features/*` according to > the definition of: > > What: /sys/fs/erofs/features/ > Date: November 2021 > Contact: "Huang Jianan" > Description: Shows all enabled kernel features. > ... > > IOWs, this sysfs entry should be part of commit 6a318ccd7e08 > to indicate this feature is supported since Linux 6.4+ Ok, but as this has not been present for a very long time, did anyone even notice and need this now in stable kernels? :) thanks, greg k-h