Editing ReiserFS (section)

== Usage ==
ReiserFS was the default file system in SUSE Linux since version 6.4 (released in 2000),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.opensuse.org/Archive:SuSE_Linux_6.4|title=Archive:SuSE Linux 6.4|website=openSUSE wiki|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.novell.com/documentation/suse91/suselinux-adminguide/html/apas02.html#sec:filesystems.major.reiser|title=SUSE LINUX 9.1 Administration Guide: Major File Systems in Linux|website=Novell|access-date=2017-06-28}}</ref> until switching to [[ext3]] in [[SUSE Linux Enterprise]] 10.2 and [[openSUSE]] 11, announced in 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/novell-makes-file-storage-software-shift/|title=Novell makes file storage software shift|last=Shankland|first=Stephen|date=16 October 2006|work=CNET}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/novell-will-switch-reiserfs-ext3|title=Novell will switch from ReiserFS to ext3|last=Sharma|first=Mayank|date=12 October 2006|website=Linux.com}}</ref>

Jeff Mahoney of SUSE wrote a post on 14 September 2006 proposing to move from ReiserFS to [[ext3]] for the default installation file system.<ref name="mahoney-proposal" /> The reasons he mentioned included scalability, "performance problems with [[Extended file attributes|extended attributes]] and [[access control list|ACLs]]", "a small and shrinking development community", and that "[[Reiser4]] is not an incremental update and requires a reformat, which is unreasonable for most people."<ref name="mahoney-proposal" /> On October 4 he wrote a response comment on a blog in order to clear up some issues.<ref name="mahoney-comment29">{{cite web|url=http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/suse-102-ditching-reiserfs-as-it-default-fs/#comment-28534|title=SUSE 10.2 Ditching ReiserFS as {{sic|i|ts'|nolink=y}} default FS? (comment 29)|date=2006-10-04|website=linux.wordpress.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109162537/http://linux.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/suse-102-ditching-reiserfs-as-it-default-fs/#comment-28534|archive-date=2006-11-09|access-date=2009-08-23|author=comment by Jeff Mahoney}}</ref> He wrote that his proposal for the switch was unrelated to Hans Reiser being under trial for murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_256204954.html|title=Oakland Police Search Home Of Missing Woman's Ex|date=2006-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106173127/http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_256204954.html|author=CBS 5 / AP / BCN|archive-date=2006-11-06|access-date=2009-08-23|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=August 2020}} Mahoney wrote he "was concerned that people would make a connection where none existed" and that "the timing is entirely coincidental and the motivation is unrelated."<ref name="mahoney-comment29" />

ReiserFS has been discussed for removal from the Linux kernel since early 2022 due to a lack of maintenance upstream, and technical issues inherent to the filesystem, such as suffering from the [[year 2038 problem]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linux Developers Discuss Deprecating & Removing ReiserFS |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ReiserFS-2022-Linux-Deprecation |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=www.phoronix.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Is it time to remove reiserfs? - Matthew Wilcox |url=https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YhIwUEpymVzmytdp@casper.infradead.org/ |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=lore.kernel.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Re: Is it time to remove reiserfs? - Dave Chinner |url=https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220222221614.GC3061737@dread.disaster.area/ |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=lore.kernel.org}}</ref> it was deprecated in Linux 5.18,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Linux_5.18 |url=https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_5.18 |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Linux Kernel Newbies}}</ref> and marked as obsolete in Linux 6.6,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Purdy |first=Kevin |date=2023-08-31 |title=ReiserFS is now "obsolete" in the Linux kernel and should be gone by 2025 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/the-torrid-saga-of-reiserfs-nears-its-end-with-obsolete-label-in-linux-kernel/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref> with complete removal planned for Linux 6.13.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Larabel |first1=Michael |title=Linux's ReiserFS Plan Is To Deprecate It, Remove The File-System In 2025 |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/ReiserFS-Deprecate-Remove-2025 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=[[Phoronix_Test_Suite#Phoronix_website|Phoronix]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree |url=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=eb103a51640ee32ab01c51e13bf8fca211f25f61 |access-date=2022-05-22 |website=git.kernel.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Larabel |first1=Michael |title=ReiserFS File-System Expected To Be Removed With Linux 6.13 |url=https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.13-To-Drop-ReiserFS |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=[[Phoronix_Test_Suite#Phoronix_website|Phoronix]]}}</ref> ReiserFS was removed from mainline during Linux 6.13 development cycle.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />