Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:10:22 -0500 (EST) | From | Byron Stanoszek <> | Subject | Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs? |
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2022, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 09:48:26AM -0500, Byron Stanoszek wrote: >> For what it's worth, I have a number of production servers still using >> Reiserfs, which I regularly maintain by upgrading to the latest Linux kernel >> annually (mostly to apply security patches). I figured this filesystem would >> still be available for several more years, since it's not quite y2038k yet. > > Hey Byron, thanks for sharing your usage. > > It's not entirely clear to me from your message whether you're aware > that our annual LTS release actually puts out new kernels every week (or > sometimes twice a week), and upgrades to the latest version are always > recommended. Those LTS kernels typically get five years of support in > total; indeed we just retired the v4.4 series earlier this month which > was originally released in January 2016, so it got six years of support. > > If we dropped reiserfs from the kernel today (and thanks to Edward, we > don't have to), you'd still be able to use a v5.15 based kernel with > regular updates until 2028. If we drop it in two years, that should > take you through to 2030. Is that enough for your usage?
I'm aware of the LTS releases, but I hadn't thought about them in relation to this issue. That's a good point, and so it sounds like I have nothing to worry about.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Regards, -Byron
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