[PATCH] JFS: sane file name handling (0 of 2)

[PATCH] JFS: sane file name handling (0 of 2)

[shaggy]

Andrew,
Please apply the following patches to -mm.  The first is just a cleanup, but
the second one changes the default translation of filenames into unicode.

There have been several complaints about the way that JFS tries to interpret
the character set of the file names rather than just treating them as strings
of bytes.  This patch makes the default behavior the "string of bytes"
treatment, while still allowing the charset-specific behavior with the
iocharset mount option.

I don't believe it will cause anyone too much trouble, but it should probably
spend a little time in -mm before hitting the mainline.

Thanks,
Shaggy

Re: [PATCH] JFS: sane file name handling (0 of 2)

[Andrew Morton]

shaggy@austin.ibm.com wrote:
>
> Please apply the following patches to -mm.  The first is just a cleanup, but
> the second one changes the default translation of filenames into unicode.
> 
> There have been several complaints about the way that JFS tries to interpret
> the character set of the file names rather than just treating them as strings
> of bytes.  This patch makes the default behavior the "string of bytes"
> treatment, while still allowing the charset-specific behavior with the
> iocharset mount option.
> 
> I don't believe it will cause anyone too much trouble, but it should probably
> spend a little time in -mm before hitting the mainline.

Sure.  Please send them on to Linus as a bk pull when you're happy with them.

> #   Due to its roots in OS/2, JFS has always tried to convert pathnames
> #   into unicode. 

No.....  It came from UnixWare.  I know - I read it on the internet.