Re: [PATCH] Remove NTFS classic

From: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
	Linux FS-devel Mailing List <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net"
	<linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net>,
	"ntfs3@lists.linux.dev" <ntfs3@lists.linux.dev>,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove NTFS classic
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 09:51:47 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1B634C72-9768-43E9-93B6-3396CBAA958E@tuxera.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240116-fernbedienung-vorwort-a21384fd7962@brauner>

Hi, 

It seems there is consensus to remove it so please add: 

Acked-by: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>

Best regards,

Anton

> On 16 Jan 2024, at 09:33, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:20:25 +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
>> The replacement, NTFS3, was merged over two years ago.  It is now time to
>> remove the original from the tree as it is the last user of several APIs,
>> and it is not worth changing.
>> 
>> 
> 
> I see no reason to not at least try and remove it given that we have
> ntfs3 as a replacement. Worst case is we have to put it back in. Let's
> try it.
> 
> ---
> 
> Applied to the vfs.fs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> Patches in the vfs.fs branch should appear in linux-next soon.
> 
> Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
> new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.
> 
> It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
> patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.
> 
> Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
> trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.
> 
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
> branch: vfs.fs
> 
> [1/1] fs: Remove NTFS classic
>      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/9c67092ed339

-- 
Anton Altaparmakov <anton at tuxera.com> (replace at with @)
Lead in File System Development, Tuxera Inc., http://www.tuxera.com/
Linux NTFS maintainer