From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=144.76.18.233 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1792783648; b=naKjvjUIJ0RRWppwGxkcmlyt4xrobP+FOiQmBRG08Ok/pcX57ZEuGr6PUIGa4gOcbEG6 syZivubLVc35d+DFlUgiLD8jyuN5U0BPJw54EQMdTOQ95FOtAwM1kcVxmeE0EPnrsFCCR TB2gnAAv2jxujiPtx+u5+7YBf7TbeO68sETto3KOAjRPUkaD73FlCafFA8PIMQ7WrkoMu ZK9O004dNgqBNA1LI2tXM/LzJrgp0jHaEfE3vcdlPOD/hGjsoSz4wKsFvuPj1kpV4u26r u6TiGTlJ7numYvj8HZ5crT61Vycx9YCgchuG1Vwjj4kd8yrc13OWZoN75JSsU91sZkw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1792783648; h=DMARC-Filter:DKIM-Signature:Received:Received:From:To:Cc:Subject: Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:MIME-Version: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type; bh=Ke/6sf8Ea2Tla5L1frSg4Yoc51vyMvUXa7DBMW9I2JE=; b=VRvqP5YahXII5mZDchvn3k9WoMpoJAjoIwCkFDSMvIZFSDYe28gTXqN1FXLCG0vKchoH s0n4m6RA/TQLOVhbuqDjfYf3o0vMz1/0X3KRrhO21dzOaTNeQr1KsUcmh/pIkkj7BjvU8 vAHWUv2mShBWzI58zVJupfgywb+rQO4ZUf9T0x6vXI/pUaAKwnTOV1iOLEFMgLoqGqNe4 04UOVmDB7jqiDeK1+OQEbUwSpElOqbBoVohUJTpCA26bDuVOEO0hj/aYXd5dAbpL22jwz ksImemzEMzerWz2jnBQ59QVO9nxG+kxOxhKEtOgZI69jDVPUut2zATAWgJ1i3KFb5Uw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass header.from=alarsen.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alarsen.net; dkim=pass header.d=alarsen.net header.i=@alarsen.net header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=joe header.b=e9t9yYP2; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=144.76.18.233 Received: from mail.alarsen.net (mail.alarsen.net [144.76.18.233]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AA72606A31A; Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:27:24 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 smtp.subspace.kernel.org 4AA72606A31A Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=alarsen.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alarsen.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=alarsen.net header.i=@alarsen.net header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=joe header.b=e9t9yYP2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alarsen.net; s=joe; t=1792783636; bh=Ke/6sf8Ea2Tla5L1frSg4Yoc51vyMvUXa7DBMW9I2JE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=e9t9yYP2Lu65mJk7/wzPaRWgSrwnjnGCK3a10AlZAxEZwi9E5THQlTP6EWhgcw+cX F/CEg1sqyEupWVlWNs1tG7hqCF9ei2MoVoTyJ8xH/WDU03K7SVJxTzYFJMsdgNK4cN SbBKYwF89sSnnPmX6JIt+3gtq0l/yXt0SPuZM+yjjNb8E2b3I8KoREqj7gtThrFADk KhRPZ7b8m/qDtqa9tBmlxxf/sWY7lC4C5QCmPgiqWXC2WH7GPWnbBVMEFzadOekZfJ Nuf/9va4kn/z5okTLuhV/ZFPvsCpr893dky6xEy1sSMEfwVzCl1bNoKELz5JFMFViZ NwshpWTz37Kxw== Received: from oscar.alarsen.net (unknown [IPv6:fd8b:531:bccf:96:aab4:2de0:7c01:55dd]) by joe.alarsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17444182FDF; Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from oscar.localnet (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oscar.alarsen.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BAFF1CF; Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Anders Larsen To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Breno Rodrigues Alves , Alexander Viro , Breno Rodrigues Alves Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: remove qnx4 filesystem Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:15 +0200 Message-ID: <1875223.VLH7GnMWUR@oscar> In-Reply-To: <20261023160806.103901-1-breno3011alves@gmail.com> References: <20261023160806.103901-1-breno3011alves@gmail.com> X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On 2026-10-23 18:08 Breno Rodrigues Alves wrote: > The qnx4 filesystem driver has been orphaned and unmaintained for > decades. Write support was removed in 2009 as it was never fully > implemented and was broken. The remaining code is read-only and has > no active users. > > Remove the driver entirely, along with its Kconfig entry, > MAINTAINERS entry, and CREDITS entries. > > The QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC value in include/uapi/linux/magic.h is kept for > userspace ABI compatibility. The UAPI format headers (qnx4_fs.h, > qnxtypes.h) and defconfig cleanups will be sent separately. > > Signed-off-by: Breno Rodrigues Alves > --- > CREDITS | 3 - > MAINTAINERS | 8 - > fs/Kconfig | 1 - > fs/Makefile | 1 - > fs/qnx4/Kconfig | 16 -- > fs/qnx4/Makefile | 8 - > fs/qnx4/bitmap.c | 45 ----- > fs/qnx4/dir.c | 81 --------- > fs/qnx4/inode.c | 436 ----------------------------------------------- > fs/qnx4/namei.c | 115 ------------- > fs/qnx4/qnx4.h | 106 ------------ > fs/qnx6/Makefile | 2 +- > 12 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 821 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/Kconfig > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/Makefile > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/bitmap.c > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/dir.c > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/inode.c > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/namei.c > delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/qnx4.h > > diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS > index 882aad786df9..49296288adf4 100644 > --- a/CREDITS > +++ b/CREDITS > @@ -947,7 +947,6 @@ S: France > > N: Frank "Jedi/Sector One" Denis > E: j@pureftpd.org > -D: QNX4 filesystem > > N: Peter Denison > E: peterd@pnd-pc.demon.co.uk > @@ -1341,7 +1340,6 @@ E: mid@zigamorph.net > > N: Richard "Scuba" A. Frowijn > E: scuba@wxs.nl > -D: QNX4 filesystem > > N: Fernando Fuganti > E: fuganti@conectiva.com.br > @@ -2392,7 +2390,6 @@ D: Scalability, Time subsystem > > N: Anders Larsen > E: al@alarsen.net > -D: QNX4 filesystem > > N: Paul Laufer > E: paul@laufernet.com As far as I can see in the git history, CREDITS entries are usually left untouched when a driver or a subsystem is removed. (Alternatively, you must remove the entire entry, not just the Description line) Other than that Acked-by: Anders Larsen