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2016-10-09Merge branch 'for-4.9/block-irq' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds1-0/+5
Pull blk-mq irq/cpu mapping updates from Jens Axboe: "This is the block-irq topic branch for 4.9-rc. It's mostly from Christoph, and it allows drivers to specify their own mappings, and more importantly, to share the blk-mq mappings with the IRQ affinity mappings. It's a good step towards making this work better out of the box" * 'for-4.9/block-irq' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: blk_mq: linux/blk-mq.h does not include all the headers it depends on blk-mq: kill unused blk_mq_create_mq_map() blk-mq: get rid of the cpumask in struct blk_mq_tags nvme: remove the post_scan callout nvme: switch to use pci_alloc_irq_vectors blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI device blk-mq: allow the driver to pass in a queue mapping blk-mq: remove ->map_queue blk-mq: only allocate a single mq_map per tag_set blk-mq: don't redistribute hardware queues on a CPU hotplug event
2016-09-19blk_mq: linux/blk-mq.h does not include all the headers it depends onStephen Rothwell1-0/+5
and building block/blk-mq-pci.o should depend on CONFIG_BLOCK Fixes: 973c4e372c8f ("blk-mq: provide a default queue mapping for PCI device") Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2016-09-17blk-mq: abstract tag allocation out into sbitmap libraryOmar Sandoval1-0/+1
This is a generally useful data structure, so make it available to anyone else who might want to use it. It's also a nice cleanup separating the allocation logic from the rest of the tag handling logic. The code is behind a new Kconfig option, CONFIG_SBITMAP, which is only selected by CONFIG_BLOCK for now. This should be a complete noop functionality-wise. Signed-off-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2016-08-04block: remove BLK_DEV_DAX config optionRoss Zwisler1-13/+0
The functionality for block device DAX was already removed with commit acc93d30d7d4 ("Revert "block: enable dax for raw block devices"") However, we still had a config option hanging around that was always disabled because it depended on CONFIG_BROKEN. This config option was introduced in commit 03cdadb04077 ("block: disable block device DAX by default") This change reverts that commit, removing the dead config option. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160729182314.6368-1-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-02-27block: disable block device DAX by defaultDan Williams1-0/+13
The recent *sync enabling discovered that we are inserting into the block_device pagecache counter to the expectations of the dirty data tracking for dax mappings. This can lead to data corruption. We want to support DAX for block devices eventually, but it requires wider changes to properly manage the pagecache. dump_stack+0x85/0xc2 dax_writeback_mapping_range+0x60/0xe0 blkdev_writepages+0x3f/0x50 do_writepages+0x21/0x30 __filemap_fdatawrite_range+0xc6/0x100 filemap_write_and_wait+0x4a/0xa0 set_blocksize+0x70/0xd0 sb_set_blocksize+0x1d/0x50 ext4_fill_super+0x75b/0x3360 mount_bdev+0x180/0x1b0 ext4_mount+0x15/0x20 mount_fs+0x38/0x170 Mark the support broken so its disabled by default, but otherwise still available for testing. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Reported-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-09-27block: Add T10 Protection Information functionsMartin K. Petersen1-0/+1
The T10 Protection Information format is also used by some devices that do not go through the SCSI layer (virtual block devices, NVMe). Relocate the relevant functions to a block layer library that can be used without involving SCSI. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2013-09-30block: change config option name for cmdline partition parsingPaul Gortmaker1-2/+7
Recently commit bab55417b10c ("block: support embedded device command line partition") introduced CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER. However, that name is too generic and sounds like it enables/disables generic kernel boot arg processing, when it really is block specific. Before this option becomes a part of a full/final release, add the BLK_ prefix to it so that it is clear in absence of any other context that it is block specific. In addition, fix up the following less critical items: - help text was not really at all helpful. - index file for Documentation was not updated - add the new arg to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt - clarify wording in source comments Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> Cc: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-09-11block: support embedded device command line partitionCai Zhiyong1-0/+6
Read block device partition table from command line. The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed by absolute address of data on the block device. Users can easily change the partition. This code reference MTD partition, source "drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c" About the partition verbose reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk text] [yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn: fix error return code in parse_parts()] Signed-off-by: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: "Wanglin (Albert)" <albert.wanglin@huawei.com> Cc: Marius Groeger <mag@sysgo.de> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-02-22block: don't select PERCPU_RWSEMMikulas Patocka1-1/+0
The block device doesn't use percpu rw-semaphore anymore, so don't select it for compilation. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-12-17percpu_rw_semaphore: introduce CONFIG_PERCPU_RWSEMOleg Nesterov1-0/+1
Currently only block_dev and uprobes use percpu_rw_semaphore, add the config option selected by BLOCK || UPROBES. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-10-23block: remove CONFIG_EXPERIMENTALKees Cook1-1/+1
This config item has not carried much meaning for a while now and is almost always enabled by default. As agreed during the Linux kernel summit, remove it. CC: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2012-01-03move fs/partitions to block/Al Viro1-0/+6
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-07-31block: add bsg helper libraryMike Christie1-0/+10
This moves the FC classes bsg code to the block layer and makes it a lib so that other classes like iscsi and SAS can use it. It is helpful because working with the request queue, bios, creating scatterlists, etc are a pain that the LLD does not have to worry about with normal IOs and should not have to worry about for bsg requests. Signed-off-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-01-20kconfig: rename CONFIG_EMBEDDED to CONFIG_EXPERTDavid Rientjes1-1/+1
The meaning of CONFIG_EMBEDDED has long since been obsoleted; the option is used to configure any non-standard kernel with a much larger scope than only small devices. This patch renames the option to CONFIG_EXPERT in init/Kconfig and fixes references to the option throughout the kernel. A new CONFIG_EMBEDDED option is added that automatically selects CONFIG_EXPERT when enabled and can be used in the future to isolate options that should only be considered for embedded systems (RISC architectures, SLOB, etc). Calling the option "EXPERT" more accurately represents its intention: only expert users who understand the impact of the configuration changes they are making should enable it. Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: David Woodhouse <david.woodhouse@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2010-09-16blkio: Core implementation of throttle policyVivek Goyal1-0/+12
o Actual implementation of throttling policy in block layer. Currently it implements READ and WRITE bytes per second throttling logic. IOPS throttling comes in later patches. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2010-04-26blk-cgroup: config options re-arrangementVivek Goyal1-23/+0
This patch fixes few usability and configurability issues. o All the cgroup based controller options are configurable from "Genral Setup/Control Group Support/" menu. blkio is the only exception. Hence make this option visible in above menu and make it configurable from there to bring it inline with rest of the cgroup based controllers. o Get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED. This option currently does two things. - Enable printing of cgroup paths in blktrace - Enables CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP, which in turn displays additional stat files in cgroup. If we are using group scheduling, blktrace data is of not really much use if cgroup information is not present. To get this data, currently one has to also enable CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED, which in turn brings the overhead of all the additional debug stat files which is not desired. Hence, this patch moves printing of cgroup paths under CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED. This allows us to get rid of CONFIG_DEBUG_CFQ_IOSCHED completely. Now all the debug stat files are controlled only by CONFIG_DEBUG_BLK_CGROUP which can be enabled through config menu. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Acked-by: Divyesh Shah <dpshah@google.com> Reviewed-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2010-03-16block: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP visibleLi Zefan1-1/+2
Make the config visible, so we can choose from CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=y and CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP=m when CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ=m. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-12-03blkio: Some debugging aids for CFQVivek Goyal1-0/+9
o Some debugging aids for CFQ. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-12-03blkio: Introduce blkio controller cgroup interfaceVivek Goyal1-0/+13
o This is basic implementation of blkio controller cgroup interface. This is the common interface visible to user space and should be used by different IO control policies as we implement those. Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-08-04Make SCSI SG v4 driver enabled by default and remove EXPERIMENTAL ↵John Stoffel1-4/+7
dependency, since udev depends on BSG Make Block Layer SG support v4 the default, since recent udev versions depend on this to access serial numbers and other low level info properly. This should be backported to older kernels as well, since most distros have enabled this for a long time. Signed-off-by: John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-06-19block: rename CONFIG_LBD to CONFIG_LBDAFBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz1-2/+2
Follow-up to "block: enable by default support for large devices and files on 32-bit archs". Rename CONFIG_LBD to CONFIG_LBDAF to: - allow update of existing [def]configs for "default y" change - reflect that it is used also for large files support nowadays Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-04-28block: enable by default support for large devices and files on 32-bit archsBartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz1-4/+7
Enable by default support for large devices and files (CONFIG_LBD): - With 1TB disks being a commodity hardware it is quite easy to hit 2TB limitation while building RAIDs etc. and many distros have been using CONFIG_LBD=y by default already (at least Fedora 10 and openSUSE 11.1). - This should also prevent a subtle ext4 filesystem compatibility issue: mke2fs.ext4 defaults to creating filesystems with huge_files feature enabled and such filesystems cannot be later mounted read-write on machines with CONFIG_LBD=n (it should be quite easy to hit this issue when trying to use filesystem created using distro kernel on system running the self-build kernel, think about USB disk enclosures & co.). While at it: - Clarify config option help text w.r.t. mounting ext4 filesystems (they can be mounted with CONFIG_LBD=n but in the read-only mode). Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2009-02-09tracing/blktrace: move the tracing file to kernel/traceFrederic Weisbecker1-24/+0
Impact: cleanup Move blktrace.c to kernel/trace, also move its config entry. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-27blktrace: the ftrace interface needs CONFIG_TRACINGArnaldo Carvalho de Melo1-0/+8
Impact: build fix Also mention in the help text that blktrace now can be used using the ftrace interface. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-01-06block: Add Kconfig help which notes that ext4 needs CONFIG_LBDTheodore Ts'o1-0/+6
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-12-29Get rid of CONFIG_LSFJens Axboe1-18/+5
We have two seperate config entries for large devices/files. One is CONFIG_LBD that guards just the devices, the other is CONFIG_LSF that handles large files. This doesn't make a lot of sense, you typically want both or none. So get rid of CONFIG_LSF and change CONFIG_LBD wording to indicate that it covers both. Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-11-26blktrace: port to tracepointsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo1-0/+1
This was a forward port of work done by Mathieu Desnoyers, I changed it to encode the 'what' parameter on the tracepoint name, so that one can register interest in specific events and not on classes of events to then check the 'what' parameter. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-03block: Block layer data integrity supportMartin K. Petersen1-0/+12
Some block devices support verifying the integrity of requests by way of checksums or other protection information that is submitted along with the I/O. This patch implements support for generating and verifying integrity metadata, as well as correctly merging, splitting and cloning bios and requests that have this extra information attached. See Documentation/block/data-integrity.txt for more information. Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-21Kconfig: clean up block/Kconfig help descriptionsNick Andrew1-23/+42
Modify the help descriptions of block/Kconfig for clarity, accuracy and consistency. Refactor the BLOCK description a bit. The wording "This permits ... to be removed" isn't quite right; the block layer is removed when the option is disabled, whereas most descriptions talk about what happens when the option is enabled. Reformat the list of what is affected by disabling the block layer. Add more examples of large block devices to LBD and strive for technical accuracy; block devices of size _exactly_ 2TB require CONFIG_LBD, not only "bigger than 2TB". Also try to say (perhaps not very clearly) that the config option is only needed when you want to have individual block devices of size >= 2TB, for example if you had 3 x 1TB disks in your computer you'd have a total storage size of 3TB but you wouldn't need the option unless you want to aggregate those disks into a RAID or LVM. Improve terminology and grammar on BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE. I also added the boilerplate "If unsure, say N" to most options. Precisely say "2TB and larger" for LSF. Indent the help text for BLK_DEV_BSG by 2 spaces in accordance with the standard. Signed-off-by: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net> Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-04-15block: update git url for blktraceJens Axboe1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-10-12Only enable BLOCK_COMPAT if COMPAT is neededLinus Torvalds1-2/+3
IOW, it needs to depend on both CONFIG_BLOCK and CONFIG_COMPAT. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-10-12[BLOCK] Only include the compat ioctl code if CONFIG_BLOCK is setJens Axboe1-0/+4
Add an extra CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT that we can use in the Makefile Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-27bsg: Fix build for CONFIG_BLOCK=nPaul Mundt1-2/+2
BLK_DEV_BSG was added outside of the if BLOCK check, which allows it to be enabled when CONFIG_BLOCK=n. This leads to many screenlengths of errors, starting with a parse error on the request_queue_t definition. Obviously this wasn't intended for CONFIG_BLOCK=n usage, so just move the option back in to the block. Caught with a randconfig on sh. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> -- block/Kconfig | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-19[SCSI] bsg: separate bsg and SCSI (so SCSI can be modular)James Bottomley1-1/+1
This patch moves the bsg registration into SCSI so that bsg no longer has a dependency on the scsi_interface_register API. This can be viewed as a temporary expedient until we can get universal bsg binding sorted out properly. Also use the sdev bus_id as the generic bsg name (to avoid clashes with the queue name). Acked-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
2007-07-17bsg: Kconfig updatesFUJITA Tomonori1-4/+9
- add the detailed explanation. - remove 'default y'. - make 'EXPERIMENTAL' keyword visible to the user in menu. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-16Make BLK_DEV_BSG depend strictly on SCSI=yLinus Torvalds1-1/+1
The SCSI code can be compiled modular, but BLK_DEV_BSG currently cannot, and depends on the SCSI layer. So make sure that it depends on the SCSI layer being compiled in, not just available as a module. Noticed by Jeff Garzik and S.Çağlar Onur. Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: S.Çağlar Onur <caglar@pardus.org.tr> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-07-16bsg: Kconfig updatesFUJITA Tomonori1-1/+2
This updates bsg entry in Kconfig: - bsg supports sg v4 - bsg depends on SCSI - it might be better to mark it experimental for a while Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-16bsg: support for full generic block layer SG v3Jens Axboe1-0/+7
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2007-07-10Use menuconfigs instead of menus, so the whole menu can be disabled at onceJan Engelhardt1-2/+2
instead of going through all options. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2006-12-04[PATCH] Centralise definitions of sector_t and blkcnt_tMatthew Wilcox1-4/+2
CONFIG_LBD and CONFIG_LSF are spread into asm/types.h for no particularly good reason. Centralising the definition in linux/types.h means that arch maintainers don't need to bother adding it, as well as fixing the problem with x86-64 users being asked to make a decision that has absolutely no effect. The H8/300 porters seem particularly confused since I'm not aware of any microcontrollers that need to support 2TB filesystems. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-09-30[PATCH] Only enable CONFIG_BLOCK option for embeddedJens Axboe1-1/+1
It's too easy for people to shoot themselves in the foot, and it only makes sense for embedded folks anyway. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2006-09-30[PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]David Howells1-0/+20
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>
2006-03-31[PATCH] config: fix CONFIG_LFS optionTrond Myklebust1-4/+4
The help text says that if you select CONFIG_LBD, then it will automatically select CONFIG_LFS. That isn't currently the case, so update the text. - Get rid of the cruft in the help text mentioning CONFIG_LBD - Tell unsure users to select CONFIG_LFS. - Remove the `default n'. Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] Fix blktrace compile with sysfs not definedJens Axboe1-0/+1
debugfs depends on sysfs, so make blktrace kconfig option depend on that. Reported by Adrian Bunk. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-03-26[PATCH] 2TB files: add blkcnt_tTakashi Sato1-0/+9
Add blkcnt_t as the type of inode.i_blocks. This enables you to make the size of blkcnt_t either 4 bytes or 8 bytes on 32 bits architecture with CONFIG_LSF. - CONFIG_LSF Add new configuration parameter. - blkcnt_t On h8300, i386, mips, powerpc, s390 and sh that define sector_t, blkcnt_t is defined as u64 if CONFIG_LSF is enabled; otherwise it is defined as unsigned long. On other architectures, it is defined as unsigned long. - inode.i_blocks Change the type from sector_t to blkcnt_t. Signed-off-by: Takashi Sato <sho@tnes.nec.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-23[PATCH] Block queue IO tracing support (blktrace) as of 2006-03-23Jens Axboe1-0/+12
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
2006-01-06[PATCH] s390: cleanup KconfigMartin Schwidefsky1-1/+1
Sanitize some s390 Kconfig options. We have ARCH_S390, ARCH_S390X, ARCH_S390_31, 64BIT, S390_SUPPORT and COMPAT. Replace these 6 options by S390, 64BIT and COMPAT. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-04[BLOCK] Move all core block layer code to new block/ directoryJens Axboe1-0/+14
drivers/block/ is right now a mix of core and driver parts. Lets move the core parts to a new top level directory. Al will move the fs/ related block parts to block/ next. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>