linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unnecessary selections from EXT3

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:17:48 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove unnecessary selections from EXT3_FS

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 09:39:20AM -0600, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> Since EXT3_FS already selects EXT4_FS, there's no reason for it to
> redundantly select all the selections of EXT4_FS -- notwithstanding the
> comments that claim otherwise.
> 
> Remove these redundant selections to avoid confusion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted