Re: [RFC PATCH v2 03/18] ntfs: Undeprecate iocharset= mount option

From: Pali Rohár
Date: Sun Jan 01 2023 - 18:03:21 EST


On Sunday 01 January 2023 20:06:05 Pali Rohár wrote:
> On Sunday 01 January 2023 21:02:46 Kari Argillander wrote:
> > 26.12.2022 klo 16.22 Pali Rohár (pali@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > >
> > > Other fs drivers are using iocharset= mount option for specifying charset.
> > > So mark iocharset= mount option as preferred and deprecate nls= mount
> > > option.
> >
> > snip.
> >
> > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c
> >
> > snip.
> >
> > > @@ -218,10 +213,10 @@ static bool parse_options(ntfs_volume *vol, char *opt)
> > > } else if (!strcmp(p, "utf8")) {
> > > bool val = false;
> > > ntfs_warning(vol->sb, "Option utf8 is no longer "
> > > - "supported, using option nls=utf8. Please "
> > > - "use option nls=utf8 in the future and "
> > > - "make sure utf8 is compiled either as a "
> > > - "module or into the kernel.");
> > > + "supported, using option iocharset=utf8. "
> > > + "Please use option iocharset=utf8 in the "
> > > + "future and make sure utf8 is compiled "
> > > + "either as a module or into the kernel.");
> >
> > We do not have to make sure utf8 is compiled anymore as it "always is" right?
>
> Yes, right, we have always utf8 support compiled-in.
> Second part of that warning message should be dropped.

Ok, this is truth after patch 15/18. So info about compiled module
should be dropped in patch 15/18, not in this one.

> > > if (!v || !*v)
> > > val = true;
> > > else if (!simple_getbool(v, &val))