linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use CONFIG_EXT4_FS instead of CONFIG_EXT3

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wi52OZ642dxY=zdW+-nAY_KWtjsFs0mkAzzq74f65Da7w@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:37:36 -0700
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux@...ck-us.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use CONFIG_EXT4_FS instead of CONFIG_EXT3_FS in all of
 the defconfigs

On Mon, 13 Oct 2025 at 19:06, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
>
> Commit d6ace46c82fd ("ext4: remove obsolete EXT3 config options")
> removed the obsolete EXT3_CONFIG options, since it had been over a
> decade since fs/ext3 had been removed.

Just checking: did you expect me to apply this directly, or was this
more of a "FYI" and it's in your tree and I should be expecting it as
a pull request?

          Linus