Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove NTFS classic

Christian Brauner
2024-01-16T09:34:10Z

On Mon, 15 Jan 2024 07:20:25 +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> The replacement, NTFS3, was merged over two years ago. It is now time to
> remove the original from the tree as it is the last user of several APIs,
> and it is not worth changing.
>
>

I see no reason to not at least try and remove it given that we have
ntfs3 as a replacement. Worst case is we have to put it back in. Let's
try it.

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Applied to the vfs.fs branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fs 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.fs

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