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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man7/zfsprops.7')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/man/man7/zfsprops.7 b/man/man7/zfsprops.7 index a3ae4d877..f33b663d1 100644 --- a/man/man7/zfsprops.7 +++ b/man/man7/zfsprops.7 @@ -1971,14 +1971,13 @@ enabled for virus scanning to occur. The default value is .Sy off . This property is not used by OpenZFS. -.It Sy xattr Ns = Ns Sy on Ns | Ns Sy off Ns | Ns Sy sa +.It Sy xattr Ns = Ns Sy on Ns | Ns Sy off Ns | Ns Sy dir Ns | Ns Sy sa Controls whether extended attributes are enabled for this file system. Two styles of extended attributes are supported: either directory-based or system-attribute-based. .Pp -The default value of -.Sy on -enables directory-based extended attributes. +Directory-based extended attributes can be enabled by setting the value to +.Sy dir . This style of extended attribute imposes no practical limit on either the size or number of attributes which can be set on a file. Although under Linux the @@ -1991,7 +1990,10 @@ This is the most compatible style of extended attribute and is supported by all ZFS implementations. .Pp System-attribute-based xattrs can be enabled by setting the value to -.Sy sa . +.Sy sa +(default and equal to +.Sy on +) . The key advantage of this type of xattr is improved performance. Storing extended attributes as system attributes significantly decreases the amount of disk I/O required. |