With all the patches we have queued in the BKL removal tree, only a
few dozen modules are left that actually rely on the BKL, and even
there are lots of low-hanging fruit. We need to decide what to do
about them, this patch illustrates one of the options:
Every user of the BKL is marked as 'depends on BKL' in Kconfig,
and the CONFIG_BKL becomes a user-visible option. If it gets
disabled, no BKL using module can be built any more and the BKL
code itself is compiled out.
The one exception is file locking, which is practically always
enabled and does a 'select BKL' instead. This effectively forces
CONFIG_BKL to be enabled until we have solved the fs/lockd
mess and can apply the patch that removes the BKL from fs/locks.c.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
config DRM_I810
tristate "Intel I810"
- depends on DRM && AGP && AGP_INTEL
+ # BKL usage in order to avoid AB-BA deadlocks, may become BROKEN_ON_SMP
+ depends on DRM && AGP && AGP_INTEL && BKL
help
Choose this option if you have an Intel I810 graphics card. If M is
selected, the module will be called i810. AGP support is required
config DRM_I830
tristate "i830 driver"
+ # BKL usage in order to avoid AB-BA deadlocks, i830 may get removed
+ depends on BKL
help
Choose this option if you have a system that has Intel 830M, 845G,
852GM, 855GM or 865G integrated graphics. If M is selected, the
config VIDEO_DEV
tristate "Video For Linux"
+ depends on BKL # used in many drivers for ioctl handling, need to kill
---help---
V4L core support for video capture and overlay devices, webcams and
AM/FM radio cards.
#
config ATALK
tristate "Appletalk protocol support"
+ depends on BKL # waiting to be removed from net/appletalk/ddp.c
select LLC
---help---
AppleTalk is the protocol that Apple computers can use to communicate
config VIDEO_CX25821
tristate "Conexant cx25821 support"
depends on DVB_CORE && VIDEO_DEV && PCI && I2C && INPUT
+ depends on BKL # please fix
select I2C_ALGOBIT
select VIDEO_BTCX
select VIDEO_TVEEPROM
config EASYCAP
tristate "EasyCAP USB ID 05e1:0408 support"
depends on USB && VIDEO_DEV
+ depends on BKL # please fix
---help---
This is an integrated audio/video driver for EasyCAP cards with
config VIDEO_GO7007
tristate "WIS GO7007 MPEG encoder support"
depends on VIDEO_DEV && PCI && I2C && INPUT
+ depends on BKL # please fix
depends on SND
select VIDEOBUF_DMA_SG
select VIDEO_IR
config USB_IP_COMMON
tristate "USB IP support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on USB && NET && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on USB && NET && EXPERIMENTAL && BKL
default N
---help---
This enables pushing USB packets over IP to allow remote
config FILE_LOCKING
bool "Enable POSIX file locking API" if EMBEDDED
default y
+ select BKL # while lockd still uses it.
help
This option enables standard file locking support, required
for filesystems like NFS and for the flock() system
config ADFS_FS
tristate "ADFS file system support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on BLOCK && EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on BKL # need to fix
help
The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
config AUTOFS_FS
tristate "Kernel automounter support"
+ depends on BKL # unfixable, just use autofs4
help
The automounter is a tool to automatically mount remote file systems
on demand. This implementation is partially kernel-based to reduce
config HPFS_FS
tristate "OS/2 HPFS file system support"
depends on BLOCK
+ depends on BKL # nontrivial to fix
help
OS/2 is IBM's operating system for PC's, the same as Warp, and HPFS
is the file system used for organizing files on OS/2 hard disk
config NFS_FS
tristate "NFS client support"
depends on INET && FILE_LOCKING
+ depends on BKL # fix as soon as lockd is done
select LOCKD
select SUNRPC
select NFS_ACL_SUPPORT if NFS_V3_ACL
tristate "NFS server support"
depends on INET
depends on FILE_LOCKING
+ depends on BKL # fix as soon as lockd is done
select LOCKD
select SUNRPC
select EXPORTFS
config SMB_FS
tristate "SMB file system support (OBSOLETE, please use CIFS)"
+ depends on BKL # probably unfixable
depends on INET
select NLS
help
config UDF_FS
tristate "UDF file system support"
+ depends on BKL # needs serious work to remove
select CRC_ITU_T
help
This is the new file system used on some CD-ROMs and DVDs. Say Y if
config UFS_FS
tristate "UFS file system support (read only)"
depends on BLOCK
+ depends on BKL # probably fixable
help
BSD and derivate versions of Unix (such as SunOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
OpenBSD and NeXTstep) use a file system called UFS. Some System V
#else
+#ifdef CONFIG_BKL /* provoke build bug if not set */
#define lock_kernel()
#define unlock_kernel()
-#define release_kernel_lock(task) do { } while(0)
#define cycle_kernel_lock() do { } while(0)
-#define reacquire_kernel_lock(task) 0
#define kernel_locked() 1
+#endif /* CONFIG_BKL */
+
+#define release_kernel_lock(task) do { } while(0)
+#define reacquire_kernel_lock(task) 0
#endif /* CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL */
#endif /* __LINUX_SMPLOCK_H */
config LOCK_KERNEL
bool
- depends on SMP || PREEMPT
+ depends on (SMP || PREEMPT) && BKL
default y
config INIT_ENV_ARG_LIMIT
This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
reported.
+config BKL
+ bool "Big Kernel Lock" if (SMP || PREEMPT)
+ default y
+ help
+ This is the traditional lock that is used in old code instead
+ of proper locking. All drivers that use the BKL should depend
+ on this symbol.
+ Say Y here unless you are working on removing the BKL.
+
config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
#
config IPX
tristate "The IPX protocol"
+ depends on BKL # should be fixable
select LLC
---help---
This is support for the Novell networking protocol, IPX, commonly
config X25
tristate "CCITT X.25 Packet Layer (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ depends on BKL # should be fixable
---help---
X.25 is a set of standardized network protocols, similar in scope to
frame relay; the one physical line from your box to the X.25 network