SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout
I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old tools that are
making assumptions that a directory can never be a symlink to another
directory, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them.
This patch turns CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED into a run time option
that can be switched on/off the kernel command line. This way
the same binary can be used in both cases with just a option
on the command line.
The old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option is still there to set
the default. I kept the weird name to not break existing
config files.
Also the compat code can be still completely disabled by undefining
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_SWITCH -- just the optimizer takes
care of this now instead of lots of ifdefs. This makes the code
look nicer.
v2: This is an updated version on top of Kay's patch to only
handle the block devices. I tested it on my old systems
and that seems to work.
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 59a2db6..4e28a84 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
#include "blk.h"
static DEFINE_MUTEX(block_class_lock);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
struct kobject *block_depr;
-#endif
/* for extended dynamic devt allocation, currently only one major is used */
#define MAX_EXT_DEVT (1 << MINORBITS)
@@ -803,10 +801,9 @@
register_blkdev(BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR, "blkext");
-#ifndef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
/* create top-level block dir */
- block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
-#endif
+ if (!sysfs_deprecated)
+ block_depr = kobject_create_and_add("block", NULL);
return 0;
}