From: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Breno Rodrigues Alves <breno3011alves@gmail.com>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Breno Rodrigues Alves <breno3011alves@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs: remove qnx4 filesystem
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:27:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1875223.VLH7GnMWUR@oscar> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261023160806.103901-1-breno3011alves@gmail.com>
On 2026-10-23 18:08 Breno Rodrigues Alves wrote:
> The qnx4 filesystem driver has been orphaned and unmaintained for
> decades. Write support was removed in 2009 as it was never fully
> implemented and was broken. The remaining code is read-only and has
> no active users.
>
> Remove the driver entirely, along with its Kconfig entry,
> MAINTAINERS entry, and CREDITS entries.
>
> The QNX4_SUPER_MAGIC value in include/uapi/linux/magic.h is kept for
> userspace ABI compatibility. The UAPI format headers (qnx4_fs.h,
> qnxtypes.h) and defconfig cleanups will be sent separately.
>
> Signed-off-by: Breno Rodrigues Alves <breno3011alves@gmail.com>
> ---
> CREDITS | 3 -
> MAINTAINERS | 8 -
> fs/Kconfig | 1 -
> fs/Makefile | 1 -
> fs/qnx4/Kconfig | 16 --
> fs/qnx4/Makefile | 8 -
> fs/qnx4/bitmap.c | 45 -----
> fs/qnx4/dir.c | 81 ---------
> fs/qnx4/inode.c | 436 -----------------------------------------------
> fs/qnx4/namei.c | 115 -------------
> fs/qnx4/qnx4.h | 106 ------------
> fs/qnx6/Makefile | 2 +-
> 12 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 821 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/Kconfig
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/Makefile
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/bitmap.c
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/dir.c
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/inode.c
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/namei.c
> delete mode 100644 fs/qnx4/qnx4.h
>
> diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
> index 882aad786df9..49296288adf4 100644
> --- a/CREDITS
> +++ b/CREDITS
> @@ -947,7 +947,6 @@ S: France
>
> N: Frank "Jedi/Sector One" Denis
> E: j@pureftpd.org
> -D: QNX4 filesystem
>
> N: Peter Denison
> E: peterd@pnd-pc.demon.co.uk
> @@ -1341,7 +1340,6 @@ E: mid@zigamorph.net
>
> N: Richard "Scuba" A. Frowijn
> E: scuba@wxs.nl
> -D: QNX4 filesystem
>
> N: Fernando Fuganti
> E: fuganti@conectiva.com.br
> @@ -2392,7 +2390,6 @@ D: Scalability, Time subsystem
>
> N: Anders Larsen
> E: al@alarsen.net
> -D: QNX4 filesystem
>
> N: Paul Laufer
> E: paul@laufernet.com
As far as I can see in the git history, CREDITS entries are usually left
untouched when a driver or a subsystem is removed.
(Alternatively, you must remove the entire entry, not just the Description
line)
Other than that
Acked-by: Anders Larsen <al@alarsen.net>
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