linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext2: No longer export ext2

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Message-ID: <20120323131331.GA29631@thunk.org>
Date:	Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:13:31 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
	Andreas Dilger <aedilger@...il.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext2: No longer export ext2_fs.h to user space

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:27:36AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> Since the on-disk format has been stable for quite some time, users
> should either use the headers provided by libext2fs or keep a private
> copy of this header. For the full discussion, see this thread:
> 
> 	https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/21/516
> 
> While at it, this commit removes all __KERNEL__ guards, which are now
> unnecessary.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...onic-design.de>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
> Cc: Andreas Dilger <aedilger@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org

Acked-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

Thanks!!

Al, do you want to take this in the VFS tree, or do you want me to
carry this in the ext4 tree?  Or Jan could carry it in the ext2 tree.
I don't really have strong feelings about who picks it up.  I will if
no one else wants to...

					- Ted
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