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[xfs-masters] Re: [PATCH} XFS: Remove placeholders for unimplemented fun

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [xfs-masters] Re: [PATCH} XFS: Remove placeholders for unimplemented functionality.
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 03:06:51 -0500 (EST)
Cc: xfs-masters@xxxxxxxxxxx, Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>, dgc@xxxxxxx
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On Sun, 28 Jan 2007, Eric Sandeen wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   Remove a couple kernel config variables (FS_POSIX_CAP and
> > FS_POSIX_MAC) that represent placeholders for unimplemented
> > functionality.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
>
> ...
>
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
> > index 7a0e482..cfedfd1 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_cap.h
>
> ...
>
> > -#else
> >  #define xfs_cap_vset(v,p,sz)       (-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define xfs_cap_vget(v,p,sz)       (-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define xfs_cap_vremove(v) (-EOPNOTSUPP)
> >  #define _CAP_EXISTS                (NULL)
> > -#endif
> >
> >  #endif     /* __KERNEL__ */
>
> By the time you do this, probably may as well remove the whole file;
> the leftover 4 definitions never seem to be used.
>
> The same may go for xfs_mac.h.
>
> -Eric

good point.  david chinner (dgc) already mentioned that he'd prefer to
run this through the XFS tree so i'll leave this in his capable hands.

rday

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