linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext2: remove stale TODO about kmap

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Message-ID: <20260207002908.176933-1-nikic.milos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Feb 2026 16:29:08 -0800
From: Milos Nikic <nikic.milos@...il.com>
To: jack@...e.com
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Milos Nikic <nikic.milos@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext2: remove stale TODO about kmap

The TODO comment in the file header asking to get rid of kmap() is
outdated. The code has already been converted to use the folio API
(specifically kmap_local_folio).

Remove the stale comment to reflect the current state of the code.

Signed-off-by: Milos Nikic <nikic.milos@...il.com>
---
 fs/ext2/namei.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/namei.c b/fs/ext2/namei.c
index bde617a66cec..3ab23de558fb 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/namei.c
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  *
  * The only non-static object here is ext2_dir_inode_operations.
  *
- * TODO: get rid of kmap() use, add readahead.
- *
  * Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
  * Remy Card (card@...i.ibp.fr)
  * Laboratoire MASI - Institut Blaise Pascal
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