Linus Torvalds accepted a change in 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 from which kernel 6.13 will be formed (the release is expected in early February). The key reason for removing ReiserFS was the desire to reduce the maintenance costs in the kernel related to changes covering various file systems, such as the transition to a new API for mounting, iomap, and folios. The user base of ReiserFS is considered insignificant.
Problems with ReiserFS also included stagnation in its maintenance, the unresolved 2038 problem, and the lack of fault-tolerance features provided by modern file systems to protect against corruption in case of a crash or compromise. The last major distribution supporting ReiserFS was openSUSE, but two years ago, the openSUSE developers ceased support for this file system in the Tumbleweed repository. In SUSE, support for ReiserFS was discontinued 6 years ago. A pull request to remove ReiserFS in kernel 6.13 was submitted by an employee of SUSE.
Burimi: opennet.ru
