From: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Why isn't ext2 deprecated over ext4?
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:33:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bcaf9066-bb4a-4db3-b423-c9871b6b5a2f@bootlin.com> (raw)
Greetings
I'm wondering why ext2 isn't marked as deprecated yet as it has 32 bit
dates and dates will rollover in 2038 (in 14 years from now!).
I'm asking because ext4, when used without a journal, seems to be a
worthy replacement and has 64 bit dates.
I'll be happy to send a patch to fs/ext2/Kconfig to warn users.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Michael.
--
Michael Opdenacker, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
next reply other threads:[~2024-02-21 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-21 9:33 Michael Opdenacker [this message]
2024-02-21 10:33 ` Why isn't ext2 deprecated over ext4? Reindl Harald
2024-02-21 11:00 ` Jan Kara
2024-02-21 11:39 ` Reindl Harald
2024-02-21 15:48 ` Theodore Ts'o
2024-02-21 22:57 ` Reindl Harald
2024-02-22 20:12 ` Theodore Ts'o
2024-02-21 16:29 ` Michael Opdenacker
2024-02-21 16:58 ` Jan Kara
2024-02-21 21:11 ` Theodore Ts'o
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