As promised long ago, here is a patch to make sysfs optional. Note that
this will result in an un-bootable system if you're booting from a hard
drive. However, for *really* embedded systems, it will save a significant
amount of memory during runtime. And, it saves 4k from the built kernel
image for me.
Pat
===== fs/Kconfig 1.39 vs edited =====
---
fs/Kconfig | 24 ++++++++++++++
fs/Makefile | 2 -
fs/namespace.c | 8 ++++
include/linux/sysfs.h | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
4 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/Kconfig~CONFIG_SYSFS fs/Kconfig
--- 25/fs/Kconfig~CONFIG_SYSFS 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/fs/Kconfig 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -780,6 +780,30 @@ config PROC_KCORE
bool
default y if !ARM
+config SYSFS
+ bool "sysfs file system support" if EMBEDDED
+ default y
+ help
+ The sysfs filesystem is a virtual filesystem that the kernel uses to export
+ internal kernel objects, their attributes, and their relationships to one
+ another.
+
+ Users can use sysfs to ascertain useful information about the running kernel,
+ such as the devices the kernel has discovered on each bus and which driver
+ each is bound to. sysfs can also be used to tune devices and other kernel
+ subsystems.
+
+ Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate. /sbin/hotplug
+ uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in delegating policy
+ decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
+
+ sysfs is currently needed by the block subsystem to mount the root partition.
+ Therefore, you MUST say Y if you're booting from a hard drive. If you use any
+ type of hotpluggable device, you'll also need sysfs for /sbin/hotplug support.
+
+ However, designers of embedded systems may want to say N here to conserve
+ space.
+
config DEVFS_FS
bool "/dev file system support (OBSOLETE)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
diff -puN fs/Makefile~CONFIG_SYSFS fs/Makefile
--- 25/fs/Makefile~CONFIG_SYSFS 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/fs/Makefile 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_QUOTACTL) += quota.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += proc/
obj-y += partitions/
-obj-y += sysfs/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS) += sysfs/
obj-y += devpts/
obj-$(CONFIG_PROFILING) += dcookies.o
diff -puN fs/namespace.c~CONFIG_SYSFS fs/namespace.c
--- 25/fs/namespace.c~CONFIG_SYSFS 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/fs/namespace.c 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -24,7 +24,15 @@
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
extern int __init init_rootfs(void);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
extern int __init sysfs_init(void);
+#else
+static inline int sysfs_init(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
/* spinlock for vfsmount related operations, inplace of dcache_lock */
spinlock_t vfsmount_lock __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED;
diff -puN include/linux/sysfs.h~CONFIG_SYSFS include/linux/sysfs.h
--- 25/include/linux/sysfs.h~CONFIG_SYSFS 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/include/linux/sysfs.h 2004-02-09 18:45:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ struct attribute {
mode_t mode;
};
+struct attribute_group {
+ char * name;
+ struct attribute ** attrs;
+};
+
+
struct bin_attribute {
struct attribute attr;
size_t size;
@@ -25,14 +31,13 @@ struct bin_attribute {
ssize_t (*write)(struct kobject *, char *, loff_t, size_t);
};
-int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
-int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
-
struct sysfs_ops {
ssize_t (*show)(struct kobject *, struct attribute *,char *);
ssize_t (*store)(struct kobject *,struct attribute *,const char *, size_t);
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
+
extern int
sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject *);
@@ -57,13 +62,75 @@ sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * kobj,
extern void
sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject *, char * name);
-
-struct attribute_group {
- char * name;
- struct attribute ** attrs;
-};
+int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
+int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * kobj, struct bin_attribute * attr);
int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject *, const struct attribute_group *);
+#else /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
+
+static inline int sysfs_create_dir(struct kobject * k)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_remove_dir(struct kobject * k)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k, const char *new_name)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+static inline int sysfs_create_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int sysfs_update_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute * a)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+static inline int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * k, struct kobject * t, char * n)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * k, char * name)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+
+static inline int sysfs_create_bin_file(struct kobject * k, struct bin_attribute * a)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int sysfs_remove_bin_file(struct kobject * k, struct bin_attribute * a)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int sysfs_create_group(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute_group *g)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void sysfs_remove_group(struct kobject * k, const struct attribute_group * g)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_SYSFS */
+
#endif /* _SYSFS_H_ */
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