Re: [PATCH v8 11/24] erofs: introduce xattr & posixacl support

Christoph Hellwig
2019-09-02T12:57:17Z

> +config EROFS_FS_XATTR
> + bool "EROFS extended attributes"
> + depends on EROFS_FS
> + default y
> + help
> + Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
> + the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
> + <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> +
> +config EROFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
> + bool "EROFS Access Control Lists"
> + depends on EROFS_FS_XATTR
> + select FS_POSIX_ACL
> + default y

Is there any good reason to make these optional these days?