linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] nfs: remove the objlayout driver

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:18:28 +0000
From:   Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...marydata.com>
To:     hch <hch@....de>, "ooo@...ctrozaur.com" <ooo@...ctrozaur.com>,
        "Trond Myklebust" <trondmy@...marydata.com>,
        "martin.petersen@...cle.com" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>
CC:     "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "osd-dev@...n-osd.org" <osd-dev@...n-osd.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] nfs: remove the objlayout driver

On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 18:01 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The objlayout code has been in the tree, but it's been unmaintained
> and
> no server product for it actually ever shipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   6 -
>  Documentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txt          |  37 --
>  fs/nfs/Kconfig                                  |   5 -
>  fs/nfs/Makefile                                 |   1 -
>  fs/nfs/objlayout/Kbuild                         |   5 -
>  fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c                    | 675 --------------
> --------
>  fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.c                    | 706 --------------
> ----------
>  fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h                    | 183 ------
>  fs/nfs/objlayout/pnfs_osd_xdr_cli.c             | 415 --------------
>  9 files changed, 2033 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/Kbuild
>  delete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
>  delete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.c
>  delete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h
>  delete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/pnfs_osd_xdr_cli.c
> 

OK. I'm applying this patch for the 4.12 merge window. If, as Boaz
suggests, there is still an interest in exofs, then I suggest we put
that to the test by moving it into the STAGING area, to see if someone
will step up to maintain it.

Cheers
  Trond

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
trond.myklebust@...marydata.com