Re: [syzbot] [hfs?] WARNING in hfs_write_inode

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 11:03:28AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2023, Dave Chinner wrote:
> 
> > > I suspect that this is one of those catch-22 situations: distros are 
> > > going to enable every feature under the sun. That doesn't mean that 
> > > anyone is actually _using_ them these days.
> 
> I think the value of filesystem code is not just a question of how often 
> it gets executed -- it's also about retaining access to the data collected 
> in archives, museums, galleries etc. that is inevitably held in old 
> formats.

t the very least, keep enough system around that the files in obsolete file-systems can be read and converted to current file-systems.

-- hendrik