linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove internal old mount API code

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Message-ID: <20251215-brummen-rosen-c4fc9d11009a@brauner>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:02:17 +0100
From: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dhowells@...hat.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove internal old mount API code

On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:44:03 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Now that the last in-tree filesystem has been converted to the new mount
> API, remove all legacy mount API code designed to handle un-converted
> filesystems, and remove associated documentation as well.
> 
> (The code to handle the legacy mount(2) syscall from userspace is still
> in place, of course.)
> 
> [...]

I love this. Thanks for all the work on this! :)

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Applied to the vfs-6.20.namespace branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.20.namespace branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.20.namespace

[1/1] fs: Remove internal old mount API code
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/51a146e0595c