linux-kernel - Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

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Date:   Mon, 4 Apr 2022 15:16:22 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        reiserfs-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs?

On Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 02:55:41PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Yes, we start with a warning now. Say a year before we really do remove it,
> my plan is to refuse to mount it unless you pass a "I really know what I'm
> doing" mount option so that we make sure people who possibly missed a
> warning until that moment are aware of the deprecation and still have an
> easy path and some time to migrate.

That's a good idea. I was thinking as well about something manual (e.g.
manually modprobe the FS) but an option will be even better.

Willy