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* [PATCH 5/5] NFSD: Use "depends on" for PROC_FS dependency
@ 2008-02-05  0:04 Chuck Lever
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From: Chuck Lever @ 2008-02-05  0:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bfields; +Cc: linux-nfs

Recently a reverse dependency was added to fs/Kconfig to ensure that
PROC_FS was enabled if NFSD_V4 was enabled.

There is a guideline in Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt that
states "In general use select only for non-visible symbols (no prompts
anywhere) and for symbols with no dependencies."

A quick grep around other Kconfig files reveals that no entry currently
uses "select PROC_FS" -- every one uses "depends on".  Thus CONFIG_NFSD_V4
should use "depends on PROC_FS" as well.

For SUNRPC_GSS, it's a little more complex.  Other entries can "select"
SUNRPC_GSS, as it is non-visible.  However, the guideline suggests an
entry can't "select" it if it has a dependency (such as PROC_FS).

Another problem is that if a tristate entry (SUNRPC_GSS) "depends on" a
boolean (PROC_FS) we can't set the tristate entry to M.

XXX: Both CONFIG_NFSV4 and CONFIG_NFSD_V4 select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5, which is
visible, which kconfig-language.txt also frowns upon.  The intent was to
enable at least one GSS mechanism if V4 was enabled.  Perhaps we should
make SUNRPC_GSS visible, and make the NFSv4 options visible only if
SUNRPC_GSS is enabled.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---

 fs/Kconfig |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 5ccff9a..d689226 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1689,7 +1689,6 @@ config NFSD
 	select CRYPTO_MD5 if NFSD_V4
 	select CRYPTO if NFSD_V4
 	select FS_POSIX_ACL if NFSD_V4
-	select PROC_FS if NFSD_V4
 	select PROC_FS if SUNRPC_GSS
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to allow other computers to access files
@@ -1750,7 +1749,7 @@ config NFSD_V3_ACL
 
 config NFSD_V4
 	bool "Provide NFSv4 server support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on NFSD && NFSD_V3 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	depends on NFSD && NFSD_V3 && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
 	help
 	  This option enables support in your system's NFS server for


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