On Mon 18-09-23 16:58:05, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 3:26 PM Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon 18-09-23 12:58:26, Peter Lafreniere wrote:
> > > ReiserFS has been deprecated for a year and a half, yet is still built
> > > as part of a defconfig UML kernel.
> > >
> > > According to commit eb103a51640e ("reiserfs: Deprecate reiserfs"), the
> > > filesystem is slated to be removed in 2025. Remove it from the defconfig
> > > profile now, as part of its deprecation process.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Peter Lafreniere <peter@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Makes sense but I've noticed there are many more architectures that define
> > CONFIG_REISERFS_FS in their defconfig (sh, powerpc, mips, m68k, ia64, arm,
> > alpha). So perhaps we should do this for all of them when we are at it?
>
> The policy for the m68k defconfigs is to enable all available exotic
> file systems as modules, so support for them is available when needed.
>
> Please let me know why this should be changed, as long as ReiserFS is
> still available in the upstream kernel.
There's no need to change if you don't want to. I can just imagine how for
other archs which seem to enable only "useful" filesystems in defconfig
disabling a deprecated filesystem makes sense.
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
