linux-kernel - Re: [xfs-masters] [PATCH} XFS: Remove placeholders for unimplemented functionality.

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Message-ID: <20070129070103.GA32274@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:01:03 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Cc:	xfs-masters@....sgi.com,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, dgc@....com
Subject: Re: [xfs-masters] [PATCH} XFS: Remove placeholders for unimplemented functionality.

On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 10:58:50PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> >-#else
> > #define xfs_cap_vset(v,p,sz)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> > #define xfs_cap_vget(v,p,sz)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> > #define xfs_cap_vremove(v)	(-EOPNOTSUPP)
> > #define _CAP_EXISTS		(NULL)
> >-#endif
> >
> > #endif	/* __KERNEL__ */
> 
> By the time you do this, probably may as well remove the whole file; the 
> leftover 4 definitions never seem to be used.
> 
> The same may go for xfs_mac.h.

Agreed.  As Dave said if we get this functionality on Linux it will most
likely be handled at a different level, so keeping the old IRIX-style hooks
is rather pointless.
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