Re: [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer

[David Howells]

David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >  (*) The contents of a number of filesystem- and blockdev-specific header
> >      files are now contingent on their own configuration options.  This
> >      includes: Ext3/JBD, RAID, MSDOS and ReiserFS.
> 
> Why? Those header files shouldn't be included from anywhere _but_ the
> code in question,

Go and look at fs/compat_ioctl.c.

> and in fact should probably be just moved into fs/foo instead of living in
> include/linux/foo_fs.h.

Definitely.  Patches please:-)

> And please, _never_ make anything dependent on CONFIG_foo_MODULE.

Ah, but...  The core kernel makes use of the certain header files, even when
their actual intended target is compiled as a module.  If I just use
"CONFIG_foo" only, then the module won't compile as a module.

David
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