linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arch/*/configs/*defconfig: Replace AUTOFS4_FS by AUTOFS

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Message-ID: <87sf96kk6f.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
Date:   Sun, 30 Jul 2023 08:06:16 +0200
From:   Sven Joachim <svenjoac@....de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, autofs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arch/*/configs/*defconfig: Replace AUTOFS4_FS by AUTOFS_FS

On 2023-07-29 14:07 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Jul 2023 at 13:01, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@....de> wrote:
>>
>> Commit a2225d931f75 ("autofs: remove left-over autofs4 stubs")
>> promised the removal of the fs/autofs/Kconfig fragment for AUTOFS4_FS
>> within a couple of releases, but five years later this still has not
>> happened yet, and AUTOFS4_FS is still enabled in 63 defconfigs.
>
> Ok, I ran the script, and also decided that we might as well remove
> the AUTOFS4 legacy naming stub entry by now.
>
> It has been five years, and people will have either picked up the new
> name with 'make oldconfig', or they just don't use 'make oldconfig' at
> all.

I had not added the suggested the removal of AUTOFS4_FS from the Kconfig
in my patch, because some projects seem to have have copy-pasted from
the kernel's defconfig files, e.g. systemd[1].  Hopefully not a big deal
for actual users, but worth mentioning.

Cheers,
       Sven


1. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/28561