staging: exfat: remove symlink feature.
authorTetsuhiro Kohada <Kohada.Tetsuhiro@dc.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp>
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:57:27 +0000 (14:57 +0900)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:17:04 +0000 (19:17 +0100)
commitbb9397a356c6cc9a6e1d45633476fe83cf15a95f
treef404f342c6ec8935a7b280736bdc5753aa7e9422
parent55b9b8f67d936b9e4ba26187a2619a005d9fc477
staging: exfat: remove symlink feature.

Remove symlink feature completely.

Becouse
-Uses reserved areas(defined in the Microsoft exfat specification), causing future incompatibilities.
-Not described in Microsoft exfat specifications or SD standards.
-For REMOVABLE media, causes incompatibility with other implementations.
-Not supported by other major exfat drivers.
-Not implemented symlink feature in linux FAT/VFAT.

Remove this feature completely because of serious media compatibility issues.
(Can't enable even with CONFIG)

If you have any questions about this patch, please let me know.

Reviewed-by: Takahiro Mori <Mori.Takahiro@ab.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp>
Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
Signed-off-by: Tetsuhiro Kohada <Kohada.Tetsuhiro@dc.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200219055727.12867-1-Kohada.Tetsuhiro@dc.MitsubishiElectric.co.jp
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/exfat/exfat_super.c