Re: [PATCH 3/4] nfs: remove the objlayout driver

[Trond Myklebust]

On Wed, 2017-04-12 at 18:01 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> The objlayout code has been in the tree, but it's been unmaintained
> and
> no server product for it actually ever shipped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
> ÂDocumentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |ÂÂÂ6 -
> ÂDocumentation/filesystems/nfs/pnfs.txtÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂ37 --
> Âfs/nfs/KconfigÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂÂ5 -
> Âfs/nfs/MakefileÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂÂ1 -
> Âfs/nfs/objlayout/KbuildÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ|ÂÂÂ5 -
> Âfs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.cÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ| 675 --------------
> --------
> Âfs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.cÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ| 706 --------------
> ----------
> Âfs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.hÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ| 183 ------
> Âfs/nfs/objlayout/pnfs_osd_xdr_cli.cÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ| 415 --------------
> Â9 files changed, 2033 deletions(-)
> Âdelete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/Kbuild
> Âdelete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objio_osd.c
> Âdelete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.c
> Âdelete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/objlayout.h
> Âdelete mode 100644 fs/nfs/objlayout/pnfs_osd_xdr_cli.c
> 

OK. I'm applying this patch for the 4.12 merge window. If, as Boaz
suggests, there is still an interest in exofs, then I suggest we put
that to the test by moving it into the STAGING area, to see if someone
will step up to maintain it.

Cheers
  Trond

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Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, PrimaryData
trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx