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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Rspamd-Server: rspam03 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E0DE480002 X-Stat-Signature: bij4h8rg9ubdwbh45agrzeitpjjmpydg X-Rspam-User: X-HE-Tag: 1779086111-51109 X-HE-Meta: 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 sifgvAc7 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 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 09:58:05PM +0200, Janneke Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > >From d8291d06b67db045033664fb440f59001d7755a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Janneke Nieuwenhuizen > Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 10:12:30 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] shmem: support xattr gnu.* namespace for the Hurd > > The Hurd gained[0] support for moving the translator and author > fields out of the inode and into the "gnu.*" xattr namespace. > > In anticipation of that, an xattr INDEX was reserved[1]. The Hurd has > now been brought into compliance[2] with that, and so has ext4[3]. > > This patch adds support for reading and writing such attributes from > a Linux tmpfs; you can now do something like No, making bootstrapping a hobbyist OS is not a good reason to bloat the Linux kernel. Please patch your bootstrapping code to just use a user xattr instead.