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Message-ID: <c0eb4d04-9d75-7fc2-0bce-f2caac9d2056@infradead.org>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 19:08:41 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To: Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
autofs mailing list <autofs@...r.kernel.org>,
Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] autofs - make autofs4 Kconfig depend on AUTOFS_FS
On 05/20/2018 06:04 PM, Ian Kent wrote:
> 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 && AUTOFS_FS != m" 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@...maw.net>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Thanks.
> ---
> 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.
>
--
~Randy
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