Since PMEM didn't quite lift off, DAX isn't as widely used as we originally hoped. Thus it doesn't seem warranted to support implementation of DAX in ext2 driver when the same filesystem can be accessed through ext4 driver as a "simple implementation". Just deprecate DAX support in ext2 targetting completely dropping the code at the end of 2025. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/super.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) I plan to merge this patch through my tree. diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c index 28ff47ec4be6..121e634c792a 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/super.c +++ b/fs/ext2/super.c @@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ static int ext2_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param) case Opt_dax: #ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX ext2_msg_fc(fc, KERN_WARNING, - "DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk"); + "DAX enabled. Warning: DAX support in ext2 driver is deprecated" + " and will be removed at the end of 2025. Please use ext4 driver instead."); ctx_set_mount_opt(ctx, EXT2_MOUNT_DAX); #else ext2_msg_fc(fc, KERN_INFO, "dax option not supported"); -- 2.43.0
