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authorChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>2023-06-15 09:48:40 +0300
committerSong Liu <song@kernel.org>2023-07-27 10:13:29 +0300
commit0ae1c9d38426737c39085f919b9b27d2eab3802e (patch)
tree9ec937786b5204538f0f6a91d87199f6819fff27 /drivers/md/Kconfig
parenta34d4ef82c3c4bd8bda817e9fb53ef37c5595ddd (diff)
downloadlinux-0ae1c9d38426737c39085f919b9b27d2eab3802e.tar.xz
md: deprecate bitmap file support
The support for bitmaps on files is a very bad idea abusing various kernel APIs, and fundamentally requires the file to not be on the actual array without a way to check that this is actually the case. Add a deprecation warning to see if we might be able to eventually drop it. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230615064840.629492-12-hch@lst.de
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diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 9712ab9bcba5..444517d1a233 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ config MD_AUTODETECT
If unsure, say Y.
config MD_BITMAP_FILE
- bool "MD bitmap file support"
+ bool "MD bitmap file support (deprecated)"
default y
help
If you say Y here, support for write intent bitmaps in files on an