[REPOST PATCH] autofs - make autofs4 Kconfig depend on AUTOFS_FS

From: Ian Kent
Date: Sun May 20 2018 - 23:28:10 EST


Setting AUTOFS_FS and AUTOFS4_FS to y or m results in a compile
failure.

It isn't possible to unset one if the other is set because it
introduces a circular dependency.

But adding "depends on AUTOFS_FS = n" will make autofs4 appear
under the autofs entry which should call attention to it. It
also results in AUTOFS4_FS being removed from .config for any
setting of AUTOFS_FS except n.

Adding a "NOTE" to the AUTOFS4_FS help text will hopefully raise
awareness of the change to smooth the transition.

Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/autofs4/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/autofs4/Kconfig b/fs/autofs4/Kconfig
index 53bc592a250d..2c2fdf989f90 100644
--- a/fs/autofs4/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/autofs4/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
config AUTOFS4_FS
tristate "Kernel automounter version 4 support (also supports v3 and v5)"
default n
+ depends on AUTOFS_FS = n
help
The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
@@ -30,3 +31,10 @@ config AUTOFS4_FS
- any "alias autofs autofs4" will need to be removed.

Please configure AUTOFS_FS instead of AUTOFS4_FS from now on.
+
+ NOTE: Since the modules autofs and autofs4 use the same file system
+ type name of "autofs" only one can be built. The "depends"
+ above will result in AUTOFS4_FS not appearing in .config for
+ any setting of AUTOFS_FS other than n and AUTOFS4_FS will
+ appear under the AUTOFS_FS entry otherwise which is intended
+ to draw attention to the module rename change.