Re: Userspace questions

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 09:48:26PM -0400, joebacom@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ...
> 1. Is there a way to search the attribute value field somewhat like
> you can the attribute name field (i.e. getfattr -m "expression")?

No - since (unlike the name) the value can be arbitrary binary data,
I'm not sure this makes too much sense.

> 2. What are the limitations (if any) of storeing attribute information
> in the journal?  For instance when is too much, too much?

Both XFS and the VFS limit each individual attribute to having a
maximum of 64K of data.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan