From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: e4defrag and immutable files
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 13:14:31 -0700
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Hi all,

I have looked a bit at e4defrag, and it does not appear to prevent the
relocation of files marked immutable.  This is a problem for boot
loaders, which may need to have a block pointer to a specific file in
order to bootstrap themselves.

Would it be possible to either:

a) prevent e4defrag and/or EXT4_IOC_MOVE_EXT from relocating an
immutable file, or
b) add a new attribute with the above property (in case there is
legitimate need to move around immutable files)?

	-hpa