[2.6 patch] ANON_INODES shouldn't be user visible

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 14:26:20 EST


There doesn't seem to be a good reason for ANON_INODES being
an user visible option.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>

---

init/Kconfig | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/init/Kconfig.old 2007-07-11 06:34:48.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc6-mm1/init/Kconfig 2007-07-11 06:35:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -525,25 +525,19 @@
run glibc-based applications correctly.

config ANON_INODES
- bool "Enable anonymous inode source" if EMBEDDED
- default y
- help
- Anonymous inode source for pseudo-files like epoll, signalfd,
- timerfd and eventfd.
-
- If unsure, say Y.
+ bool

config EPOLL
bool "Enable eventpoll support" if EMBEDDED
default y
- depends on ANON_INODES
+ select ANON_INODES
help
Disabling this option will cause the kernel to be built without
support for epoll family of system calls.

config SIGNALFD
bool "Enable signalfd() system call" if EMBEDDED
- depends on ANON_INODES
+ select ANON_INODES
default y
help
Enable the signalfd() system call that allows to receive signals
@@ -553,7 +547,7 @@

config TIMERFD
bool "Enable timerfd() system call" if EMBEDDED
- depends on ANON_INODES
+ select ANON_INODES
default y
help
Enable the timerfd() system call that allows to receive timer
@@ -563,7 +557,7 @@

config EVENTFD
bool "Enable eventfd() system call" if EMBEDDED
- depends on ANON_INODES
+ select ANON_INODES
default y
help
Enable the eventfd() system call that allows to receive both

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