1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/layout.h b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
index 71b25dab8199..f5678d5d7919 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/layout.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
@@ -2374,7 +2374,9 @@ typedef struct {
  * Extended attribute flags (8-bit).
  */
 enum {
-        NEED_EA = 0x80
+        NEED_EA = 0x80          /* If set the file to which the EA belongs
+                                   cannot be interpreted without understanding
+                                   the associates extended attributes. */
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
 typedef u8 EA_FLAGS;