linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] logfs: remove from tree

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Date:   Sat, 15 Oct 2016 01:33:29 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     joern@...fs.org, prasadjoshi.linux@...il.com, logfs@...fs.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] logfs: remove from tree

On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:04:22PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Logfs was introduced to the kernel in 2009, and hasn't seen any non
> drive-by changes since 2012, while having lots of unsolved issues
> including the complete lack of error handling, with more and more
> issues popping up without any fixes.
> 
> The logfs.org domain has been bouncing from a mail, and the maintainer
> on the non-logfs.org domain hasn't repsonded to past queries either.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX  |    2 -
>  Documentation/filesystems/logfs.txt |  241 ----
>  MAINTAINERS                         |    8 -
>  fs/Kconfig                          |    1 -
>  fs/Makefile                         |    1 -
[snip]

IMO that's a plain and simple "just before -rc1" fodder, to be sent
straight to Linus.  No objections from me, anyway.