Re: [PATCH] chattr: update man page attribute descriptions.

["Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:23:34PM -0800, Tyson Nottingham wrote:
> * Remove descriptions of X and Z, whose support was removed in
>   4a05268cf86f713 (Remove compression support).
> 
> * Update a brief description of E, whose meaning was changed in
>   22f22ab1d2bc5ae (Reserve the codepoints for the new INCOMPAT
>   feature ENCRYPT).
> 
> * Add P to symbolic mode format string.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyson Nottingham <tgnottingham@gmail.com>

Looks ok,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

> ---
>  misc/chattr.1.in | 21 +++------------------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in
> index 6a1d446..cf9cb11 100644
> --- a/misc/chattr.1.in
> +++ b/misc/chattr.1.in
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ chattr \- change file attributes on a Linux file system
>  .B chattr
>  changes the file attributes on a Linux file system.
>  .PP
> -The format of a symbolic mode is +-=[aAcCdDeijsStTu].
> +The format of a symbolic mode is +-=[aAcCdDeijPsStTu].
>  .PP
>  The operator '+' causes the selected attributes to be added to the
>  existing attributes of the files; '-' causes them to be removed; and '='
> @@ -49,12 +49,10 @@ and undeletable (u).
>  The following attributes are read-only, and may be listed by
>  .BR lsattr (1)
>  but not modified by chattr:
> -compression error (E),
> +encrypted (E),
>  huge file (h),
>  indexed directory (I),
> -inline data (N),
> -compression raw access (X),
> -and compressed dirty file (Z).
> +and inline data (N).
>  .PP
>  Not all flags are supported or utilized by all filesystems; refer to
>  filesystem-specific man pages such as
> @@ -192,19 +190,6 @@ saved.  This allows the user to ask for its undeletion.  Note: please
>  make sure to read the bugs and limitations section at the end of this
>  document.
>  .PP
> -The 'X' attribute is used by the experimental compression patches to
> -indicate that the raw contents of a compressed file can be accessed
> -directly.  It currently may not be set or reset using
> -.BR chattr (1),
> -although it can be displayed by
> -.BR lsattr (1).
> -.PP
> -The 'Z' attribute is used by the experimental compression patches to
> -indicate a compressed file is dirty.  It may not be set or reset using
> -.BR chattr (1),
> -although it can be displayed by
> -.BR lsattr (1).
> -.PP
>  .SH AUTHOR
>  .B chattr
>  was written by Remy Card <Remy.Card@linux.org>.  It is currently being
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>