Add a deprecation warning to the inline data documentation, informing users that the feature is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou --- Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inlinedata.rst | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inlinedata.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inlinedata.rst index a728af0d2fd0..8dc1b6d75388 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inlinedata.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/inlinedata.rst @@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ Inline Data ----------- +.. warning:: + + The inline data feature is deprecated and will be removed in a future + kernel release. New regular file inodes no longer store data inline, + and writes to existing inline data inodes trigger automatic conversion + to block-based storage. Use ``tune2fs -O ^inline_data`` to convert + existing filesystems. + The inline data feature was designed to handle the case that a file's data is so tiny that it readily fits inside the inode, which (theoretically) reduces disk block consumption and reduces seeks. If the -- 2.43.0