linux/drivers
David Howells 9361401eb7 [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>
2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
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acorn i2c-algo-bit: Discard the mdelay data struct member 2006-09-26 15:38:51 -07:00
acpi [PATCH] Really ignore kmem_cache_destroy return value 2006-09-27 08:26:10 -07:00
amba
ata [libata] Don't use old-EH ->eng_timeout() hook when not needed 2006-09-27 05:41:13 -04:00
atm [ATM] he: Fix __init/__devinit conflict 2006-09-24 20:09:33 -07:00
base [PATCH] kthread: drivers/base/firmware_class.c 2006-09-29 09:18:08 -07:00
block [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
bluetooth [Bluetooth] Code cleanup for the HCI UART driver 2006-09-28 18:01:30 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
char [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
clocksource
connector [PATCH] Process Events: Fix biarch compatibility issue. use __u64 timestamp 2006-07-31 13:28:36 -07:00
cpufreq [CPUFREQ] Fix some more CPU hotplug locking. 2006-09-22 19:15:23 -04:00
crypto [CRYPTO] padlock: Convert padlock-sha to use crypto_hash 2006-09-21 11:46:22 +10:00
dio
dma
edac [PATCH] drivers/edac/edac_mc.h must #include <linux/platform_device.h> 2006-08-06 08:57:46 -07:00
eisa [PATCH] EISA bus MODALIAS attributes support 2006-09-27 08:26:19 -07:00
fc4 [PATCH] Remove ->rq_status from struct request 2006-09-30 20:29:23 +02:00
firmware [PATCH] DMI: Decode and save OEM String information 2006-09-29 09:18:09 -07:00
hwmon hwmon: Remove Yuan Mu's address 2006-09-28 15:31:19 -07:00
i2c [PATCH] i2c: Prevent deadlock on i2c client registration 2006-09-30 10:58:47 -07:00
ide [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
ieee1394 Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 2006-09-30 09:38:19 -07:00
infiniband Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/roland/infiniband 2006-09-29 15:18:22 -07:00
input [PATCH] OMAP: Add keypad driver 2006-09-29 09:18:07 -07:00
isdn [IPV4]: annotate struct in_ifaddr 2006-09-28 18:00:55 -07:00
leds [PATCH] Make net48xx-led use scx200_gpio_ops 2006-09-29 09:18:06 -07:00
macintosh [PATCH] windfarm_smu_sat.c: simplify around i2c_add_driver() 2006-09-29 09:18:19 -07:00
mca
md [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
media Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/v4l-dvb 2006-09-30 09:39:15 -07:00
message [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
mfd [PATCH] ucb1x00-ts: handle errors from input_register_device() 2006-09-29 09:18:10 -07:00
misc [PATCH] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize from the inode structure 2006-09-27 08:26:18 -07:00
mmc [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
mtd [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
net [BNX2]: Disable MSI on 5706 if AMD 8132 bridge is present. 2006-09-29 17:06:23 -07:00
nubus
oprofile [PATCH] inode-diet: Eliminate i_blksize from the inode structure 2006-09-27 08:26:18 -07:00
parisc
parport [PATCH] CONFIG_PM=n slim: drivers/parport/parport_serial.c 2006-09-29 09:18:13 -07:00
pci [PATCH] msi: use kmem_cache_zalloc() 2006-09-27 08:26:19 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] pcmcia: fix ioctl GET_CONFIGURATION_INFO for pcmcia_cards 2006-07-31 13:28:41 -07:00
pnp [PATCH] pnpacpi: reject ACPI_PRODUCER resources 2006-08-06 08:57:49 -07:00
rapidio
rtc [PATCH] RTC: more XSTP/VDET support for rtc-rs5c348 driver 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
s390 [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
sbus [OPENPROMIO]: Handle current_node being NULL correctly. 2006-09-18 01:47:13 -07:00
scsi [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
serial [SERIAL] sunzilog: Mark sunzilog_init_hw as __devinit. 2006-09-29 16:12:43 -07:00
sh
sn
spi
tc
telephony
usb USB: fix build error in ohci driver 2006-09-28 17:06:45 -07:00
video Merge branch 'intelfb-patches' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/intelfb-2.6 2006-09-30 09:36:56 -07:00
w1
zorro
Kconfig Move libata to drivers/ata. 2006-08-10 07:31:37 -04:00
Makefile Move libata to drivers/ata. 2006-08-10 07:31:37 -04:00