From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] bfs: remove the filesystem
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 08:10:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904151054.GG6047@frogsfrogsfrogs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260904-hinnimmt-triumphieren-handgefertigt-4e51fe2ed659@brauner>
On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 12:43:09PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:29:19 -0700, Ethan Nelson-Moore wrote:
> > bfs: remove the filesystem
>
> I agree.
At the moment, I don't. Nowhere in this thread does anyone mention what
someone with a B(oot)FS filesystem image should do if they want to
extract whatever's stored in the filesystem. Are there userspace tools
for that purpose (ala efs)? Does "binwalk -e $bfs_image" suffice for
that purpose? Or is there solid evidence that there isn't even a single
user (ala freevxfs) who strongly wants it to stay in?
I'm all for getting rid of old cruft but there still needs to be a
documented offramp for users.
--D
> ---
>
> Applied to the vfs-7.4.bfs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
> Patches in the vfs-7.4.bfs 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-7.4.bfs
>
> [1/1] bfs: remove the filesystem
> https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/e36781a626b2
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-04 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-04 8:29 [PATCH] bfs: remove the filesystem Ethan Nelson-Moore
2026-09-04 8:51 ` Tigran Aivazian
2026-09-04 9:15 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-04 9:55 ` Jan Kara
2026-09-04 9:59 ` Jan Kara
2026-09-04 10:05 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-04 10:18 ` Tigran Aivazian
2026-09-04 11:43 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-04 10:43 ` Christian Brauner
2026-09-04 15:10 ` Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2026-09-04 16:06 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-07 8:00 ` Jan Kara
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