linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cifs: Remove pre-historic unused CIFSSMBCopy

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Message-ID: <ZzEOuqDwagwoGCMf@jeremy-HP-Z840-Workstation>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:51:22 -0800
From: Jeremy Allison <jra@...ba.org>
To: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@...blig.org>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	Paulo Alcantara <pc@...guebit.com>,
	ronnie sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@...il.com>,
	Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@...rosoft.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@...pey.com>,
	Bharath S M <bharathsm@...rosoft.com>,
	CIFS <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: Remove pre-historic unused CIFSSMBCopy

On Fri, Nov 08, 2024 at 10:09:58PM -0600, Steve French wrote:
>As an alternative, might be useful to see if this command still works
>to Samba and/or older Windows (and e.g. enable an ioctl for it - might
>have been useful in the past to old servers)

No, this command has *never* been useful. Please don't enable
it, just remove support.