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

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Message-ID: <20251015013643.GC721110@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:36:43 -0400
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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 Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 02:37:36PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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?

It's an FYI, and so Guenter could unbreak his defconfig testing.  I
was waiting for my regression tests to complete before sending you a
pull request.  Those have come back green, so I'll be sending you a
pull request shortly.

					- Ted