linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: sysv: Fix sysv

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:59:30 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: sysv: Fix sysv_nblocks() returns wrong value

On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 07:12:58PM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> This is obviously the sysvfs counterpart, not noticed back then and
> not caught in 18 years since then...
> 
> Mea culpa - the original bug (both in minixfs and sysvfs) is mine and
> I should've thought to look for sysvfs counterpart when minixfs fix
> got posted.

Btw, I have no way to actually test sysv anymore, so I'm tempted to
orphan it.  Is there anyone actually still using it?  With some
of the upcoming transitions in the folio, buffer_head and co APIs
it might be a good time to drop unmaintained file systems now,
and sysv is a hot candidate.