RFR: 8305809: (fs) Review obsolete Linux kernel dependency on os.version (Unix kernel 2.6.39)

[Alan Bateman]

On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 19:47:11 GMT, Brian Burkhalter <bpb at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Remove contingency on Linux kernel version of return value of `LinuxFileStore::supportsFileAttributeView` for ext4 file systems.

src/java.base/linux/classes/sun/nio/fs/LinuxFileStore.java line 150:

> 148:                 if (!xattrChecked) {
> 149:                     // check kernel version
> 150:                     int[] kernelVersion = getKernelVersion();

Can getKernelVersion be removed too?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13412#discussion_r1162312068