Re: [PATCH 00/15] smb: add native security and trusted xattrs

ChenXiaoSong <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:26:49 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Adding support for more fallocate options would be very useful.

On 7/28/26 08:58, Steve French wrote:
> Adding support for immutable could make sense but would likely need to 
> be an optional feature since some OS don't have filesystems that support 
> immutable. Should we make set and get immutable an fsctl or new info 
> level? Are there other attribute flags missing?
> 
> How about adding more support for fallocate options?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 7:50 PM ChenXiaoSong 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Our company has some urgent matters to deal with this week. We will
>     review the protocol changes proposed by Ralph as soon as possible.
> 
>     By the way, do we need to extend the protocol to support `chattr +i
>     testfile`?
> 
>     On 7/28/26 08:35, Steve French wrote:
>      > What other protocol improvements should go into the new version
>     of the protocol?
> 
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