Re: [RFC PATCH 3/4] fs: Implement support for fsx_xflags_mask, fsx_xflags2 and fsx_xflags2_mask into vfs

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Sun, Feb 16, 2025 at 05:40:28PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
> This change adds support for new struct fileattr fields fsx_xflags_mask,
> fsx_xflags2 and fsx_xflags2_mask into FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR and
> FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR ioctls.

I don't think I saw an answer to this question (but the discussions of
the mail thread have really sprawled a bit and so it's hard to review
all of the messages in the thread) --- so.... what's your reason for
creating this new fsx_xflags2 field as opposed to just defining new
flags bits for fsx_xflags field?  There are plenty of unused bits in
the FS_XFLAG_* space.

Cheers,

					- Ted