[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] Remove versioning information

[Goldwyn Rodrigues]

On 11/26/2013 04:40 PM, Sunil Mushran wrote:
> You may want to do the same for the version file in dlm, dlmfs, etc.
>

Thanks. I will do the same for the versioning information in dlm, dlmfs 
and cluster. I will post the updated patch soon. More reduction in LOC :)

>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn at suse.de
> <mailto:rgoldwyn at suse.de>> wrote:
>
>     The versioning information is confusing for end-users. The numbers
>     are stuck at 1.5.0 when the tools have moved to 1.8.3.
>
>     I suggest removing the versioning system in the kernel altogether
>     and let the kernel version be the guide to debug issues. However, if
>     you think versioning is still required, please state the reason and
>     modify the version string in the ver.* files to reflect the uptodate
>     information.
>
>     Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn at suse.com
>     <mailto:rgoldwyn at suse.com>>
>     ---
>       fs/ocfs2/Makefile |  1 -
>       fs/ocfs2/super.c  |  3 ---
>       fs/ocfs2/ver.c    | 43 -------------------------------------------
>       fs/ocfs2/ver.h    | 31 -------------------------------
>       4 files changed, 78 deletions(-)
>       delete mode 100644 fs/ocfs2/ver.c
>       delete mode 100644 fs/ocfs2/ver.h
>
>     diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
>     index f17e58b..ce210d4 100644
>     --- a/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
>     +++ b/fs/ocfs2/Makefile
>     @@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ ocfs2-objs := \
>              symlink.o               \
>              sysfile.o               \
>              uptodate.o              \
>     -       ver.o                   \
>              quota_local.o           \
>              quota_global.o          \
>              xattr.o                 \
>     diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
>     index c414929..a4382d1 100644
>     --- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
>     +++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
>     @@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
>       #include "super.h"
>       #include "sysfile.h"
>       #include "uptodate.h"
>     -#include "ver.h"
>       #include "xattr.h"
>       #include "quota.h"
>       #include "refcounttree.h"
>     @@ -1618,8 +1617,6 @@ static int __init ocfs2_init(void)
>       {
>              int status, i;
>
>     -       ocfs2_print_version();
>     -
>              for (i = 0; i < OCFS2_IOEND_WQ_HASH_SZ; i++)
>                      init_waitqueue_head(&ocfs2__ioend_wq[i]);
>
>     diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ver.c b/fs/ocfs2/ver.c
>     deleted file mode 100644
>     index e2488f4..0000000
>     --- a/fs/ocfs2/ver.c
>     +++ /dev/null
>     @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
>     -/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
>     - * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
>     - *
>     - * ver.c
>     - *
>     - * version string
>     - *
>     - * Copyright (C) 2002, 2005 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
>     - *
>     - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>     - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
>     - * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>     - * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>     - *
>     - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>     - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>     - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
>     - * General Public License for more details.
>     - *
>     - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
>     - * License along with this program; if not, write to the
>     - * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
>     - * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
>     - */
>     -
>     -#include <linux/module.h>
>     -#include <linux/string.h>
>     -#include <linux/kernel.h>
>     -
>     -#include "ver.h"
>     -
>     -#define OCFS2_BUILD_VERSION "1.5.0"
>     -
>     -#define VERSION_STR "OCFS2 " OCFS2_BUILD_VERSION
>     -
>     -void ocfs2_print_version(void)
>     -{
>     -       printk(KERN_INFO "%s\n", VERSION_STR);
>     -}
>     -
>     -MODULE_DESCRIPTION(VERSION_STR);
>     -
>     -MODULE_VERSION(OCFS2_BUILD_VERSION);
>     diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ver.h b/fs/ocfs2/ver.h
>     deleted file mode 100644
>     index d7395cb..0000000
>     --- a/fs/ocfs2/ver.h
>     +++ /dev/null
>     @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
>     -/* -*- mode: c; c-basic-offset: 8; -*-
>     - * vim: noexpandtab sw=8 ts=8 sts=0:
>     - *
>     - * ver.h
>     - *
>     - * Function prototypes
>     - *
>     - * Copyright (C) 2002, 2004 Oracle.  All rights reserved.
>     - *
>     - * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>     - * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
>     - * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
>     - * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
>     - *
>     - * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>     - * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>     - * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
>     - * General Public License for more details.
>     - *
>     - * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
>     - * License along with this program; if not, write to the
>     - * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
>     - * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
>     - */
>     -
>     -#ifndef OCFS2_VER_H
>     -#define OCFS2_VER_H
>     -
>     -void ocfs2_print_version(void);
>     -
>     -#endif /* OCFS2_VER_H */
>     --
>     1.8.1.4
>


-- 
Goldwyn