[Acl-devel] [PATCH 1/2] xattr.conf: document how libattr itself uses the file

[Kamil Dudka]

Otherwise users could think that only entries with the `skip` action
are excluded by libattr functions attr_copy_file() and attr_copy_fd()
by default.
---
 xattr.conf | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xattr.conf b/xattr.conf
index dcbc12c..7361fbd 100644
--- a/xattr.conf
+++ b/xattr.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 # Actions:
 #   permissions - copy when trying to preserve permissions.
 #   skip - do not copy.
+#
+# Note that libattr functions attr_copy_file() and attr_copy_fd() by default
+# skip all extended attributes that are matched by any of the below patterns,
+# regardless of the specified action.
 
 system.nfs4_acl                        permissions
 system.nfs4acl                 permissions
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