From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F2E620ADD6; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1744728549; cv=none; b=Y6fHnmvNujpOx8S3qw7p8ImT9dWpJxax2dwhVQB5e2wxg2zSVakOV3vZvRA2Q7zt9OXM8c/J8ecHj6MXG8vGTgVsKbgSZThg822UPH0ItNGpXTxyHerxmXi3yXg5OisrP3yM7VCGFlziVlb9WIrLoRom3myMw9Hk0I6cEBToXDI= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1744728549; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yzqoj+qnZ4835r5vJvU1UpocaGW4Cjv0A48IJJzwAlY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=PvhdJTHT8SM2jMoUi+CTi1bwdgCnLlZnrGbD2TA0p6p4Bq18Bql3vY3T/XjT5iVYItUXfV3JXLOEzz45hk4+91JRjtArgBAjVnBxZ0x8VapeKHmL948tm26xOT19EQKrk/pyEHAN06ssrv+FhieUur4z4Kcbt0QzsLjU3zj+WCw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=UJh+D3Vd; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="UJh+D3Vd" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3C291C4CEED; Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:49:09 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1744728549; bh=yzqoj+qnZ4835r5vJvU1UpocaGW4Cjv0A48IJJzwAlY=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=UJh+D3VdR/SORHhLDTZ13GGlrHvIp/loiJdp+OZPxvZ/EFc3ZEC4Hy/c/VE9j4D0A 68wZ27akOied5l88bGw9CrLeEqVyY7W4YTOLXaE0F1lKkQPjiy8xBoDEfS6+k0CsAk hBvCmOYFCUrwj5Iigh7WWWxjLrrwc5HSMn784qjNRrz5QOzAgqjkbuTSZ1H6srN+vs kSrV8iMNRnOba7KfCUKYG2OzzoyZxosMjSrSjghkZjEIVvBU7Y9DstRfAaYptP98TZ CxHx+mQYq+ZcHIhgErD8dAA2lHBC+tyEl9MZgTQqbqWmmmdrOe6n+PxYyudBCFfAhe 6zDXP4TCvhe1g== Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 07:49:07 -0700 From: "Darrick J. Wong" To: Christian Brauner Cc: linux-fsdevel , David Sterba , Linus Torvalds , Matthew Wilcox , Jan Kara , Al Viro , Josef Bacik , Sandeen , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH] hfs{plus}: add deprecation warning Message-ID: <20250415144907.GB25659@frogsfrogsfrogs> References: <20250415-orchester-robben-2be52e119ee4@brauner> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20250415-orchester-robben-2be52e119ee4@brauner> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 09:51:37AM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote: > 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 > --- > 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"); Does this mean before or after the 2025 LTS kernel is released? I would say that we ought to let this circulate more widely among users, but OTOH I guess no maintainer for a decade is really bad. --D > + > 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 > >