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/[email protected]/msg933319.html Both issues look fixable although with block device mappings it won't be trivial. Honza -- Jan Kara <[email protected]> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
