linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs/sysv: stop using write_supers and s

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:42:44 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	dedekind1@...il.com
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	Linux Kernel Maling List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux FS Maling List <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] fs/sysv: stop using write_supers and s_dirt

On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:37:58 +0300
Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 2012-07-03 at 16:43 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > This patch-set makes sysv file-system stop using the VFS '->write_supers()'
> > call-back and the '->s_dirt' superblock field because I plan to remove them
> > once all users are gone.
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> would you please pick this patch-set as well? I also sent you an update
> for hfs and hfsplus file-systems today - found a bug while doing some
> more testing. Also, I sent UFS changes today, very similar. Most
> probably no one will reply and I hope you would pick them as well.
> 

The issue Alan raised around the superblock timestamp is still up in
the air.  I guess he's a slow typist ;)

My take is "no, we don't need to do that any more" - surely all Linux
systems have a functional hardware clock.  But the changelog should be
updated to describe and justify the decision.

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