[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/fs/quota.c b/fs/quota.c
index d6a2be8..b9dae76 100644
--- a/fs/quota.c
+++ b/fs/quota.c
@@ -338,6 +338,34 @@
}
/*
+ * look up a superblock on which quota ops will be performed
+ * - use the name of a block device to find the superblock thereon
+ */
+static inline struct super_block *quotactl_block(const char __user *special)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+ struct block_device *bdev;
+ struct super_block *sb;
+ char *tmp = getname(special);
+
+ if (IS_ERR(tmp))
+ return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(tmp));
+ bdev = lookup_bdev(tmp);
+ putname(tmp);
+ if (IS_ERR(bdev))
+ return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(bdev));
+ sb = get_super(bdev);
+ bdput(bdev);
+ if (!sb)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+ return sb;
+#else
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
* This is the system call interface. This communicates with
* the user-level programs. Currently this only supports diskquota
* calls. Maybe we need to add the process quotas etc. in the future,
@@ -347,25 +375,15 @@
{
uint cmds, type;
struct super_block *sb = NULL;
- struct block_device *bdev;
- char *tmp;
int ret;
cmds = cmd >> SUBCMDSHIFT;
type = cmd & SUBCMDMASK;
if (cmds != Q_SYNC || special) {
- tmp = getname(special);
- if (IS_ERR(tmp))
- return PTR_ERR(tmp);
- bdev = lookup_bdev(tmp);
- putname(tmp);
- if (IS_ERR(bdev))
- return PTR_ERR(bdev);
- sb = get_super(bdev);
- bdput(bdev);
- if (!sb)
- return -ENODEV;
+ sb = quotactl_block(special);
+ if (IS_ERR(sb))
+ return PTR_ERR(sb);
}
ret = check_quotactl_valid(sb, type, cmds, id);
