Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753838AbbG2Ntc (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:49:32 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:58534 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753805AbbG2Nta (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Jul 2015 09:49:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:49:23 +0200 From: Jan Kara To: Konstantin Khlebnikov Cc: Jan Kara , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Andrew Morton , Andreas Dilger , Jens Axboe , Ted Tso Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove ext3 filesystem driver Message-ID: <20150729134923.GA7593@quack.suse.cz> References: <1436955987-7305-1-git-send-email-jack@suse.com> <55B8C4F6.2050502@yandex-team.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55B8C4F6.2050502@yandex-team.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1388 Lines: 36 On Wed 29-07-15 15:20:06, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote: > On 15.07.2015 13:26, Jan Kara wrote: > > Hello, > > > > so I have created this patch set which removes ext3 driver (and some related support > >code) from the kernel. See changelog of patch 2/3 for more details. If noone objects, > >I will queue the series in my tree for the next merge window. > > > >Jens, are you OK with me merging patch 3/3 or do you want me to send it to you once > >the first two patches get merged? > > > >Ted, this also touches ext4 driver so that it always handles ext3 filesystems so ack > >from you would be nice. > > > > Honza > > > > This means some ext3-specific kludges in mm/ could be dropped. > Like page cleanup in try_to_free_buffers() and couple in vmscan. Almost. There are still some cases (like block device mappings or even standard inode mappings in ext4 data=journal mode) where the page cleanup hack is needed. See https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg933319.html Both issues look fixable although with block device mappings it won't be trivial. Honza -- Jan Kara SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/