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From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>, Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] hfs{plus}: add deprecation warning
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:51:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250415-orchester-robben-2be52e119ee4@brauner> (raw)

Both the hfs and hfsplus filesystem have been orphaned since at least
2014, i.e., over 10 years. It's time to remove them from the kernel as
they're exhibiting more and more issues and no one is stepping up to
fixing them.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
 fs/hfs/super.c     | 2 ++
 fs/hfsplus/super.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index fe09c2093a93..4413cd8feb9e 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -404,6 +404,8 @@ static int hfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct hfs_sb_info *hsb;
 
+	pr_warn("The hfs filesystem is deprecated and scheduled to be removed from the kernel in 2025\n");
+
 	hsb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hfs_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!hsb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/super.c b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
index 948b8aaee33e..58cff4b2a3b4 100644
--- a/fs/hfsplus/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfsplus/super.c
@@ -656,6 +656,8 @@ static int hfsplus_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct hfsplus_sb_info *sbi;
 
+	pr_warn("The hfsplus filesystem is deprecated and scheduled to be removed from the kernel in 2025\n");
+
 	sbi = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hfsplus_sb_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sbi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-- 
2.47.2


             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-15  7:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-15  7:51 Christian Brauner [this message]
2025-04-15 10:08 ` [PATCH] hfs{plus}: add deprecation warning Jan Kara
2025-04-15 14:49 ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-04-16  6:27   ` Christian Brauner
2025-04-16 15:06     ` Darrick J. Wong
2025-04-16 17:56       ` Viacheslav Dubeyko
2025-04-17  9:29         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-04-17 18:10           ` Viacheslav Dubeyko
2025-04-17 18:14             ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-04-17 21:44               ` Viacheslav Dubeyko
2025-04-23  4:24                 ` Yangtao Li
2025-04-23  4:38                   ` Viacheslav Dubeyko
2025-04-23  6:52                   ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2025-04-17  8:59 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz

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