Linux kernel edges closer to dropping ReiserFS

Linux kernel developer Matthew Wilcox has proposed removing the ReiserFS filesystem from the Linux kernel – a relatively rare step. This isn’t due to a problem or bug in ReiserFS: it still works fine. The problem was that ReiserFS code in the kernel used some API calls that nothing else did, preventing them from being changed or enhanced. For now, one of the other ReiserFS developers has contributed a patch that removes the issue.