OPTION(filestore_fiemap, OPT_BOOL, false) // (try to) use fiemap
OPTION(filestore_fadvise, OPT_BOOL, true)
-// (try to) use extsize for alloc hint
-// WARNING: extsize seems to trigger data corruption in xfs -- that is why it is
-// off by default, see bug #8830
-OPTION(filestore_xfs_extsize, OPT_BOOL, false)
+// (try to) use extsize for alloc hint NOTE: extsize seems to trigger
+// data corruption in xfs prior to kernel 3.5. filestore will
+// implicity disable this if it cannot confirm the kernel is newer
+// than that.
+OPTION(filestore_xfs_extsize, OPT_BOOL, true)
OPTION(filestore_journal_parallel, OPT_BOOL, false)
OPTION(filestore_journal_writeahead, OPT_BOOL, false)