linux-kernel - Re: References to non-existing configs in the NILFS2 FILESYSTEM

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Date:   Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:14:51 +0900
From:   Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@...il.com>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-nilfs <linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: References to non-existing configs in the NILFS2 FILESYSTEM

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 9:59 PM Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Ryusuke Konishi-san,
>
>
> The script ./scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py identifies references to
> non-existing configs in the NILFS2 FILESYSTEM:
>
> NILFS_POSIX_ACL
> Referencing files: fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h
>
> NILFS_XATTR
> Referencing files: fs/nilfs2/nilfs.h, fs/nilfs2/super.c
>
> I assume this filesystem support is simply not yet developed to
> support those two configs fully, and these code blocks are just some
> first steps in that direction, but are currently just intended to be
> dead code in the repository. If you do not see this support to be
> added in the future, you could also just delete these ifdef blocks and
> these references to non-existing configs.
>
> This is just to share this information with you; there is no need for
> further action.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Lukas

Thank you for the feedback on the check script warnings.
I will put the decision on hold, however, I recognized it.

Thanks,
Ryusuke Konishi