/* During creation, there are only a few cases we need do xattr_set to
* create stripes.
* 1. regular file: see comments above.
- * 2. create striped directory with provided stripeEA.
- * 3. create striped directory because inherit default layout from the
- * parent. */
+ * 2. dir: inherit default striping or pool settings from parent.
+ * 3. create striped directory with provided stripeEA.
+ * 4. create striped directory because inherit default layout from the
+ * parent.
+ */
if (spec->no_create ||
(S_ISREG(attr->la_mode) && spec->sp_cr_flags & MDS_OPEN_HAS_EA) ||
S_ISDIR(attr->la_mode)) {