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

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Message-ID: <8f7f767b-9b0f-49e0-a440-cc488806dedb@themaw.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:32:41 +0800
From: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: Remove internal old mount API code


On 15/12/25 22:02, Christian Brauner wrote:
> 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! :)

Indeed, this is one time I really do wish I'd been able to do more on this.


Ian

>
> ---
>
> 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
>