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

[Andrew Morton]

shaggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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.
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