[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]
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>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 4381006..d2eb7a8 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
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
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index b290aad..dc1ec08 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -285,7 +285,11 @@
{
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 @@
* 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 @@
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 @@
change_floppy("root floppy");
}
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
+#endif
}
/*