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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:16:41 -0400
From:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	michael@...e-electrons.com, Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>,
	matthew@....cx, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] Configure out file locking features

On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 03:52:37PM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:38:48 -0400,
> "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org> a écrit :
> 
> > Out of curiosity, why does the nfs client need disabling, but not
> > nfsd, gfs2, fuse, etc.?
> 
> Then also need disabling.

OK by me, but again, why exactly?  Since you're replacing the locking
calls they used by stubs that just return errors, in theory nfs, nfsd,
gfs2, and the rest should still compile and run, just without locking
support, right?

I don't have a strong opinion either way, just curious.

--b.

> Updated patch below.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas
> 
> ---
> 
> Configure out file locking features
> 
> This patch adds the CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING option which allows to remove
> support for advisory locks. With this patch enabled, the flock()
> system call, the F_GETLK, F_SETLK and F_SETLKW operations of fcntl()
> and NFS support are disabled. These features are not necessarly needed
> on embedded systems. It allows to save ~11 Kb of kernel code and data:
> 
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
> 1125436	 118764	 212992	1457192	 163c28	vmlinux.old
> 1114299	 118564	 212992	1445855	 160fdf	vmlinux
>  -11137    -200       0  -11337   -2C49 +/-
> 
> This patch has originally been written by Matt Mackall
> <mpm@...enic.com>, and is part of the Linux Tiny project.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>
> Cc: matthew@....cx
> Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: mpm@...enic.com
> Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org
> 
> ---
>  fs/Kconfig          |   15 ++++++++++++++-
>  fs/Makefile         |    3 ++-
>  fs/dlm/Kconfig      |    1 +
>  fs/gfs2/Kconfig     |    1 +
>  fs/proc/proc_misc.c |    4 ++++
>  include/linux/fs.h  |   52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  kernel/sys_ni.c     |    1 +
>  kernel/sysctl.c     |    6 +++++-
>  8 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linuxdev/fs/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/fs/Kconfig
> +++ linuxdev/fs/Kconfig
> @@ -427,12 +427,21 @@
>  	bool
>  	default n
>  
> +config FILE_LOCKING
> +	bool "Enable POSIX file locking API" if EMBEDDED
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  This option enables standard file locking support, required
> +          for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
> +          call. Disabling this option saves about 11k.
> +
>  source "fs/xfs/Kconfig"
>  source "fs/gfs2/Kconfig"
>  
>  config OCFS2_FS
>  	tristate "OCFS2 file system support"
>  	depends on NET && SYSFS
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	select CONFIGFS_FS
>  	select JBD
>  	select CRC32
> @@ -642,6 +651,7 @@
>  
>  config FUSE_FS
>  	tristate "Filesystem in Userspace support"
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	help
>  	  With FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem
>  	  in a userspace program.
> @@ -1567,7 +1577,7 @@
>  
>  config NFS_FS
>  	tristate "NFS client support"
> -	depends on INET
> +	depends on INET && FILE_LOCKING
>  	select LOCKD
>  	select SUNRPC
>  	select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
> @@ -1735,6 +1745,7 @@
>  
>  config LOCKD
>  	tristate
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  
>  config LOCKD_V4
>  	bool
> @@ -1870,6 +1881,7 @@
>  config CIFS
>  	tristate "CIFS support (advanced network filesystem, SMBFS successor)"
>  	depends on INET
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	select NLS
>  	help
>  	  This is the client VFS module for the Common Internet File System
> @@ -2059,6 +2071,7 @@
>  config AFS_FS
>  	tristate "Andrew File System support (AFS) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>  	depends on INET && EXPERIMENTAL
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	select AF_RXRPC
>  	help
>  	  If you say Y here, you will get an experimental Andrew File System
> Index: linuxdev/fs/Makefile
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/fs/Makefile
> +++ linuxdev/fs/Makefile
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
>  
>  obj-y :=	open.o read_write.o file_table.o super.o \
>  		char_dev.o stat.o exec.o pipe.o namei.o fcntl.o \
> -		ioctl.o readdir.o select.o fifo.o locks.o dcache.o inode.o \
> +		ioctl.o readdir.o select.o fifo.o dcache.o inode.o \
>  		attr.o bad_inode.o file.o filesystems.o namespace.o \
>  		seq_file.o xattr.o libfs.o fs-writeback.o \
>  		pnode.o drop_caches.o splice.o sync.o utimes.o \
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
>  obj-$(CONFIG_TIMERFD)		+= timerfd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_EVENTFD)		+= eventfd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_AIO)               += aio.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING)      += locks.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT)		+= compat.o compat_ioctl.o
>  
>  nfsd-$(CONFIG_NFSD)		:= nfsctl.o
> Index: linuxdev/fs/dlm/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/fs/dlm/Kconfig
> +++ linuxdev/fs/dlm/Kconfig
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  	tristate "Distributed Lock Manager (DLM)"
>  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && INET
>  	depends on SYSFS && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	select CONFIGFS_FS
>  	select IP_SCTP
>  	help
> Index: linuxdev/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
> +++ linuxdev/fs/gfs2/Kconfig
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  config GFS2_FS
>  	tristate "GFS2 file system support"
>  	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && (64BIT || (LSF && LBD))
> +	depends on FILE_LOCKING
>  	select FS_POSIX_ACL
>  	select CRC32
>  	help
> Index: linuxdev/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
> +++ linuxdev/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
> @@ -677,6 +677,7 @@
>  	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  static int locks_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>  {
>  	return seq_open(filp, &locks_seq_operations);
> @@ -688,6 +689,7 @@
>  	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
>  	.release	= seq_release,
>  };
> +#endif /* CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
>  
>  static int execdomains_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
>  				 int count, int *eof, void *data)
> @@ -881,7 +883,9 @@
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PRINTK
>  	proc_create("kmsg", S_IRUSR, NULL, &proc_kmsg_operations);
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  	proc_create("locks", 0, NULL, &proc_locks_operations);
> +#endif
>  	proc_create("devices", 0, NULL, &proc_devinfo_operations);
>  	proc_create("cpuinfo", 0, NULL, &proc_cpuinfo_operations);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
> Index: linuxdev/include/linux/fs.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ linuxdev/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -983,6 +983,13 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/fcntl.h>
>  
> +extern void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band);
> +
> +/* fs/sync.c */
> +extern int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
> +			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags);
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  extern int fcntl_getlk(struct file *, struct flock __user *);
>  extern int fcntl_setlk(unsigned int, struct file *, unsigned int,
>  			struct flock __user *);
> @@ -993,14 +1000,9 @@
>  			struct flock64 __user *);
>  #endif
>  
> -extern void send_sigio(struct fown_struct *fown, int fd, int band);
>  extern int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int fd, struct file *filp, long arg);
>  extern int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp);
>  
> -/* fs/sync.c */
> -extern int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
> -			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags);
> -
>  /* fs/locks.c */
>  extern void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *);
>  extern void locks_copy_lock(struct file_lock *, struct file_lock *);
> @@ -1023,6 +1025,33 @@
>  extern int lock_may_read(struct inode *, loff_t start, unsigned long count);
>  extern int lock_may_write(struct inode *, loff_t start, unsigned long count);
>  extern struct seq_operations locks_seq_operations;
> +#else /* !CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
> +#define fcntl_getlk(a, b) (-EINVAL)
> +#define fcntl_setlk(a, b, c, d) (-EACCES)
> +#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
> +#define fcntl_getlk64(a, b) (-EINVAL)
> +#define fcntl_setlk64(a, b, c, d) (-EACCES)
> +#endif
> +#define fcntl_setlease(a, b, c) (0)
> +#define fcntl_getlease(a) (0)
> +#define locks_init_lock(a)
> +#define locks_copy_lock(a, b)
> +#define locks_remove_posix(a, b)
> +#define locks_remove_flock(a)
> +#define posix_test_lock(a, b) (0)
> +#define posix_lock_file(a, b) (-ENOLCK)
> +#define posix_lock_file_wait(a, b) (-ENOLCK)
> +#define posix_unblock_lock(a, b) (-ENOENT)
> +#define vfs_test_lock(a, b) (0)
> +#define vfs_lock_file(a, b, c, d) (-ENOLCK)
> +#define vfs_cancel_lock(a, b) (0)
> +#define flock_lock_file_wait(a, b) (-ENOLCK)
> +#define __break_lease(a, b) (0)
> +#define lease_get_mtime(a, b)
> +#define lock_may_read(a, b, c) (1)
> +#define lock_may_write(a, b, c) (1)
> +#endif /* !CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
> +
>  
>  struct fasync_struct {
>  	int	magic;
> @@ -1554,9 +1583,12 @@
>  /* /sys/fs */
>  extern struct kobject *fs_kobj;
>  
> +extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, loff_t *, size_t);
> +
>  #define FLOCK_VERIFY_READ  1
>  #define FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE 2
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  extern int locks_mandatory_locked(struct inode *);
>  extern int locks_mandatory_area(int, struct inode *, struct file *, loff_t, size_t);
>  
> @@ -1587,8 +1619,6 @@
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -extern int rw_verify_area(int, struct file *, loff_t *, size_t);
> -
>  static inline int locks_verify_truncate(struct inode *inode,
>  				    struct file *filp,
>  				    loff_t size)
> @@ -1609,6 +1639,14 @@
>  		return __break_lease(inode, mode);
>  	return 0;
>  }
> +#else /* !CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
> +#define locks_mandatory_locked(a) (0)
> +#define locks_mandatory_area(a, b, c, d, e) (0)
> +#define mandatory_lock(a) (0)
> +#define locks_verify_locked(a) (0)
> +#define locks_verify_truncate(a, b, c) (0)
> +#define break_lease(a, b) (0)
> +#endif /* CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
>  
>  /* fs/open.c */
>  
> Index: linuxdev/kernel/sys_ni.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/kernel/sys_ni.c
> +++ linuxdev/kernel/sys_ni.c
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
>  cond_syscall(sys_io_submit);
>  cond_syscall(sys_io_cancel);
>  cond_syscall(sys_io_getevents);
> +cond_syscall(sys_flock);
>  
>  /* arch-specific weak syscall entries */
>  cond_syscall(sys_pciconfig_read);
> Index: linuxdev/kernel/sysctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linuxdev.orig/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ linuxdev/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
>  static int neg_one = -1;
>  #endif
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> +#if defined(CONFIG_MMU) && defined(CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING)
>  static int two = 2;
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@
>  		.extra1		= &minolduid,
>  		.extra2		= &maxolduid,
>  	},
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  	{
>  		.ctl_name	= FS_LEASES,
>  		.procname	= "leases-enable",
> @@ -1268,6 +1269,7 @@
>  		.mode		= 0644,
>  		.proc_handler	= &proc_dointvec,
>  	},
> +#endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DNOTIFY
>  	{
>  		.ctl_name	= FS_DIR_NOTIFY,
> @@ -1279,6 +1281,7 @@
>  	},
>  #endif
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
>  	{
>  		.ctl_name	= FS_LEASE_TIME,
>  		.procname	= "lease-break-time",
> @@ -1290,6 +1293,7 @@
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  		.extra2		= &two,
>  	},
> +#endif /* CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_AIO
>  	{
>  		.procname	= "aio-nr",
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
> Kernel, drivers and embedded Linux development,
> consulting, training and support.
> http://free-electrons.com
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