[PATCHES] de-couple vfs_streams_xattr from "ea support"

[Ralph Böhme]

On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 09:37:35PM +0200, Uri Simchoni wrote:
> "ea support" conf parameter determines whether smbd will handle SMB
> requests related to extended attributes. vfs_streams_xattr currently
> requires "ea support = yes", or it won't list streams, but doesn't seem
> aligned with the desired meaning of "ea support" which is the
> client-facing behavior, not the storage backend behavior. This is mostly
> relevant to vfs_fruit and Mac support.
> 
> This patch set removes this coupling - it allows EA's to be disabled and
> EA-based streams to be enabled.
> 
> First two patches are small unrelated cleanups, then the actual change,
> then changes to documentation, selftest, and testparm.
> 
> Review appreciated,

this has been on my todo list far too long, thanks!

Lgtm&pushed.

Cheerio!
-slow