Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove NTFS classic

From: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
To: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>,
	"Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>,
	 Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net,  ntfs3@lists.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove NTFS classic
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:41:42 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKYAXd9VcORULpRUGpBYpZKc=GTV4vOAvv-B-rVVxfbz-y1TOQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8a5d4fcb-f6dc-4c7e-a26c-0b0e91430104@tuxera.com>

2024-01-15 20:00 GMT+09:00, Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> On 15/01/2024 07:20, 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.
>
> It was my impression that people are complaining ntfs3 is causing a
> whole lot of problems including corrupting people's data.  Also, it
> appears the maintainer has basically disappeared after it got merged.
What can replace this is not only ntfs3 but also ntfs3g. I think
read-only ntfs is obsolete.
I am in favor of remove it.

Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>

Thanks.
>
> Is it really such a good idea to remove the original ntfs driver which
> actually works fine and does not cause any problems when the replacement
> is so poor and unmaintained?
>
> Also, which APIs are you referring to?  I can take a look into those.
>
> Best regards,
>
> 	Anton
> --
> Anton Altaparmakov <anton at tuxera.com> (replace at with @)
> Lead in File System Development, Tuxera Inc., http://www.tuxera.com/
> Linux NTFS maintainer
>