[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>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index a03e862..a304b34 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ config MTD_CHAR
 
 config MTD_BLOCK
 	tristate "Caching block device access to MTD devices"
-	depends on MTD
+	depends on MTD && BLOCK
 	---help---
 	  Although most flash chips have an erase size too large to be useful
 	  as block devices, it is possible to use MTD devices which are based
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ config MTD_BLOCK
 
 config MTD_BLOCK_RO
 	tristate "Readonly block device access to MTD devices"
-	depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD
+	depends on MTD_BLOCK!=y && MTD && BLOCK
 	help
 	  This allows you to mount read-only file systems (such as cramfs)
 	  from an MTD device, without the overhead (and danger) of the caching
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ config MTD_BLOCK_RO
 
 config FTL
 	tristate "FTL (Flash Translation Layer) support"
-	depends on MTD
+	depends on MTD && BLOCK
 	---help---
 	  This provides support for the original Flash Translation Layer which
 	  is part of the PCMCIA specification. It uses a kind of pseudo-
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ config FTL
 
 config NFTL
 	tristate "NFTL (NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
-	depends on MTD
+	depends on MTD && BLOCK
 	---help---
 	  This provides support for the NAND Flash Translation Layer which is
 	  used on M-Systems' DiskOnChip devices. It uses a kind of pseudo-
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ config NFTL_RW
 
 config INFTL
 	tristate "INFTL (Inverse NAND Flash Translation Layer) support"
-	depends on MTD
+	depends on MTD && BLOCK
 	---help---
 	  This provides support for the Inverse NAND Flash Translation
 	  Layer which is used on M-Systems' newer DiskOnChip devices. It
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ config INFTL
 
 config RFD_FTL
         tristate "Resident Flash Disk (Flash Translation Layer) support"
-	depends on MTD
+	depends on MTD && BLOCK
 	---help---
 	  This provides support for the flash translation layer known
 	  as the Resident Flash Disk (RFD), as used by the Embedded BIOS