linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: include QUOTA, FATAL ASSERT build options in XFS_BUILD

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Date:   Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:16:53 -0500
From:   Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Cc:     sandeen@...hat.com, billodo@...hat.com, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com,
        zhengbin13@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: include QUOTA, FATAL ASSERT build options in
 XFS_BUILD_OPTIONS

On 9/16/19 11:24 AM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 02:26:46PM +0800, yu kuai wrote:
>> In commit d03a2f1b9fa8 ("xfs: include WARN, REPAIR build options in
>> XFS_BUILD_OPTIONS"), Eric pointed out that the XFS_BUILD_OPTIONS string,
>> shown at module init time and in modinfo output, does not currently
>> include all available build options. So, he added in CONFIG_XFS_WARN and
>> CONFIG_XFS_REPAIR. However, this is not enough, add in CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA
>> and CONFIG_XFS_ASSERT_FATAL. 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: yu kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/xfs/xfs_super.h | 10 ++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.h
>> index 763e43d..b552cf6 100644
>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_super.h
>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_super.h
>> @@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_QUOTA
>>  extern int xfs_qm_init(void);
>>  extern void xfs_qm_exit(void);
>> +# define XFS_QUOTA_STRING	"quota, "
>>  #else
>>  # define xfs_qm_init()	(0)
>>  # define xfs_qm_exit()	do { } while (0)
>> +# define XFS_QUOTA_STRING
>>  #endif
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_XFS_POSIX_ACL
>> @@ -50,6 +52,12 @@ extern void xfs_qm_exit(void);
>>  # define XFS_WARN_STRING
>>  #endif
>>  
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
>> +# define XFS_ASSERT_FATAL_STRING	"fatal assert, "
> 
> /me wonders if the space here will screw up any scripts that try to
> parse the logging string, but OTOH that seems pretty questionable to me.
> 
> Also, whatever happened to adding a sysfs file so that scripts (ok let's
> be honest, xfstests) could programmatically figure out the capabilities
> of the running xfs module?


I sent it ([PATCH] xfs: show build options in sysfs) but it was met with some
IMHO nonspecific commentary but never received a review, so was never merged.

-Eric