Linus Torvalds has accepted a change into the Linux kernel that removes the implementation of the ReiserFS file system, which was declared obsolete last year and scheduled for removal in 2025. The change has been accepted into the branch that will form kernel 6.13 (release is expected in early February). A key reason for the removal of ReiserFS is the desire to reduce maintenance overhead within the kernel related to changes affecting various file systems, such as transitioning to a new API for mounting, iomap, and folios. The user base for ReiserFS is considered to be minimal.
Among the issues with ReiserFS, stagnation in maintaining this file system, the unresolved year 2038 problem, and a lack of fault tolerance features offered by modern file systems to protect against corruption in the event of a crash or compromise were also mentioned. The last major distribution to support ReiserFS was openSUSE, but two years ago the openSUSE developers discontinued support for this file system in the Tumbleweed repository. In SUSE, support for ReiserFS was dropped 6 years ago. A pull request to remove ReiserFS from kernel 6.13 was submitted by an employee of SUSE.
Source: opennet.ru
