* Remove description of and printing of h, which was never visible to
clients of the EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS ioctl, including chattr and lsattr.
* 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 <[email protected]>
---
v2: Remove h flag support.
The one line summary for v1 was "chattr: update man page attribute
descriptions." The additions to the patch made that summary somewhat
inaccurate. Apologies for any confusion.
---
lib/e2p/pf.c | 1 -
misc/chattr.1.in | 29 +++--------------------------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/e2p/pf.c b/lib/e2p/pf.c
index b4a086f..f93f22f 100644
--- a/lib/e2p/pf.c
+++ b/lib/e2p/pf.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static struct flags_name flags_array[] = {
{ EXT2_NOTAIL_FL, "t", "No_Tailmerging" },
{ EXT2_TOPDIR_FL, "T", "Top_of_Directory_Hierarchies" },
{ EXT4_EXTENTS_FL, "e", "Extents" },
- { EXT4_HUGE_FILE_FL, "h", "Huge_file" },
{ FS_NOCOW_FL, "C", "No_COW" },
{ EXT4_INLINE_DATA_FL, "N", "Inline_Data" },
{ EXT4_PROJINHERIT_FL, "P", "Project_Hierarchy" },
diff --git a/misc/chattr.1.in b/misc/chattr.1.in
index 6a1d446..fa53ee7 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 +49,9 @@ 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),
-huge file (h),
+encrypted (E),
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
@@ -122,13 +119,6 @@ set or reset using
although it can be displayed by
.BR lsattr (1).
.PP
-The 'h' attribute indicates the file is storing its blocks in units of the
-filesystem blocksize instead of in units of sectors, and means that the file
-is (or at one time was) larger than 2TB. It may not be set or reset using
-.BR chattr (1),
-although it can be displayed by
-.BR lsattr (1).
-.PP
A file with the 'i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted or
renamed, no link can be created to this file and no data can be written
to the file. Only the superuser or a process possessing the
@@ -192,19 +182,6 @@ 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 <[email protected]>. It is currently being
--
2.7.4
On Mon, Feb 05, 2018 at 02:45:30PM -0800, Tyson Nottingham wrote:
> * Remove description of and printing of h, which was never visible to
> clients of the EXT4_IOC_GETFLAGS ioctl, including chattr and lsattr.
>
> * 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 <[email protected]>
Applied, thanks.
- Ted