debugfs edit extended attributes mke2fs -Fq -b 1024 test.img 512 Exit status is 0 ea_set / user.joe smith Exit status is 0 ea_set / user.moo FEE_FIE_FOE_FUMMMMMM Exit status is 0 ea_list / Extended attributes: user.joe (5) = "smith" user.moo (20) = "FEE_FIE_FOE_FUMMMMMM" Exit status is 0 ea_get / user.moo user.moo (20) = "FEE_FIE_FOE_FUMMMMMM" Exit status is 0 ea_get / nosuchea ea_get: Extended attribute key not found while getting extended attribute Exit status is 0 ea_rm / user.moo Exit status is 0 ea_rm / nosuchea Exit status is 0 ea_list / Extended attributes: user.joe (5) = "smith" Exit status is 0 ea_get / user.moo ea_get: Extended attribute key not found while getting extended attribute Exit status is 0 ea_rm / user.joe Exit status is 0 ea_list / Exit status is 0 ea_set -f d_xattr_edits.tmp / user.file_based_xattr Exit status is 0 ea_list / Extended attributes: user.file_based_xattr (108) Exit status is 0 ea_get / user.file_based_xattr user.file_based_xattr (108) = "12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567\n" Exit status is 0 ea_get -f d_xattr_edits.ver.tmp / user.file_based_xattr Exit status is 0 Compare big attribute e2fsck -yf -N test_filesys Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information test_filesys: 11/64 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 37/512 blocks Exit status is 0