On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 10:30:18PM +0200, Andrey Albershteyn wrote: > From: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > The fsverity descriptor is stored in the extended attributes of the > inode. Add new attribute type for fs-verity metadata. Add > XFS_ATTR_INTERNAL_MASK to skip parent pointer and fs-verity attributes > as those are only for internal use. While we're at it add a few comments > in relevant places that internally visible attributes are not suppose to > be handled via interface defined in xfs_xattr.c. So ext4 and other seems to place the descriptor just before the verity data. What is the benefit of an attr?
