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[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]

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Make it possible to disable the block layer.  Not all embedded devices require
it, some can make do with just JFFS2, NFS, ramfs, etc - none of which require
the block layer to be present.

This patch does the following:

 (*) Introduces CONFIG_BLOCK to disable the block layer, buffering and blockdev
     support.

 (*) Adds dependencies on CONFIG_BLOCK to any configuration item that controls
     an item that uses the block layer.  This includes:

     (*) Block I/O tracing.

     (*) Disk partition code.

     (*) All filesystems that are block based, eg: Ext3, ReiserFS, ISOFS.

     (*) The SCSI layer.  As far as I can tell, even SCSI chardevs use the
     	 block layer to do scheduling.  Some drivers that use SCSI facilities -
     	 such as USB storage - end up disabled indirectly from this.

     (*) Various block-based device drivers, such as IDE and the old CDROM
     	 drivers.

     (*) MTD blockdev handling and FTL.

     (*) JFFS - which uses set_bdev_super(), something it could avoid doing by
     	 taking a leaf out of JFFS2's book.

 (*) Makes most of the contents of linux/blkdev.h, linux/buffer_head.h and
     linux/elevator.h contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK being set.  sector_div() is,
     however, still used in places, and so is still available.

 (*) Also made contingent are the contents of linux/mpage.h, linux/genhd.h and
     parts of linux/fs.h.

 (*) Makes a number of files in fs/ contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

 (*) Makes mm/bounce.c (bounce buffering) contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

 (*) set_page_dirty() doesn't call __set_page_dirty_buffers() if CONFIG_BLOCK
     is not enabled.

 (*) fs/no-block.c is created to hold out-of-line stubs and things that are
     required when CONFIG_BLOCK is not set:

     (*) Default blockdev file operations (to give error ENODEV on opening).

 (*) Makes some /proc changes:

     (*) /proc/devices does not list any blockdevs.

     (*) /proc/diskstats and /proc/partitions are contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

 (*) Makes some compat ioctl handling contingent on CONFIG_BLOCK.

 (*) If CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined, makes sys_quotactl() return -ENODEV if
     given command other than Q_SYNC or if a special device is specified.

 (*) In init/do_mounts.c, no reference is made to the blockdev routines if
     CONFIG_BLOCK is not defined.  This does not prohibit NFS roots or JFFS2.

 (*) The bdflush, ioprio_set and ioprio_get syscalls can now be absent (return
     error ENOSYS by way of cond_syscall if so).

 (*) The seclvl_bd_claim() and seclvl_bd_release() security calls do nothing if
     CONFIG_BLOCK is not set, since they can't then happen.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
David Howells 2006-09-30 20:45:40 +02:00 • committed by Jens Axboe
parent d366e40a1c
commit 9361401eb7
44 changed files with 308 additions and 63 deletions
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init/Kconfig
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@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ config LOCALVERSION_AUTO
config SWAP
bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
depends on MMU
depends on MMU && BLOCK
default y
help
This option allows you to choose whether you want to have support

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init/do_mounts.c
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@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ void __init mount_block_root(char *name, int flags)
{
char *fs_names = __getname();
char *p;
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
#else
const char *b = name;
#endif
get_fs_names(fs_names);
retry:
@ -304,7 +308,9 @@ retry:
* Allow the user to distinguish between failed sys_open
* and bad superblock on root device.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
__bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
#endif
printk("VFS: Cannot open root device \"%s\" or %s\n",
root_device_name, b);
printk("Please append a correct \"root=\" boot option\n");
@ -316,7 +322,10 @@ retry:
for (p = fs_names; *p; p += strlen(p)+1)
printk(" %s", p);
printk("\n");
panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", __bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b));
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
__bdevname(ROOT_DEV, b);
#endif
panic("VFS: Unable to mount root fs on %s", b);
out:
putname(fs_names);
}
@ -387,8 +396,10 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
change_floppy("root floppy");
}
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
#endif
}
/*