J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 05:10:57PM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
>> On Feb 12, 2008, at 4:23 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 05:12:16PM -0500, Chuck Lever wrote:
>>>> Recently, commit 440bcc59 added a reverse dependency 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.
>>> OK.
>>>
>>>> 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).
>>>> So, we add forward dependencies on PROC_FS to RPCSEC_GSS_FOO instead.
>>> This also makes the client dependent on PROC_FS, which it wasn't  
>>> before.
>>>
>>> I assume nobody cares?
>> Huh?  If I disable PROC_FS, I can still select the NFS client options, 
>> even NFSv4.
> 
> OK.  I'm confused, then:
> 
> 	NFS_V4 selects RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
> 	RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 (after this patch) depends on PROC_FS
> 
> What am I missing?

It appears that the "select RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5" is a no-op if 
RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5 hasn't met it's forward dependencies.

>>>> 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 |    8 +++-----
>>>>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
>>>> index 0c8f85d..9ee288f 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/fs/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -1662,8 +1662,6 @@ 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
>>>>  	  Choose Y here if you want to allow other computers to access
>>>>  	  files residing on this system using Sun's Network File System
>>>> @@ -1723,7 +1721,7 @@ config NFSD_V3_ACL
>>>>
>>>>  config NFSD_V4
>>>>  	bool "NFS server support for NFS version 4 (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
>>>> @@ -1798,7 +1796,7 @@ config SUNRPC_BIND34
>>>>
>>>>  config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
>>>>  	tristate "Secure RPC: Kerberos V mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>>>> -	depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
>>>> +	depends on SUNRPC && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
>>>>  	select SUNRPC_GSS
>>>>  	select CRYPTO
>>>>  	select CRYPTO_MD5
>>>> @@ -1817,7 +1815,7 @@ config RPCSEC_GSS_KRB5
>>>>
>>>>  config RPCSEC_GSS_SPKM3
>>>>  	tristate "Secure RPC: SPKM3 mechanism (EXPERIMENTAL)"
>>>> -	depends on SUNRPC && EXPERIMENTAL
>>>> +	depends on SUNRPC && PROC_FS && EXPERIMENTAL
>>>>  	select SUNRPC_GSS
>>>>  	select CRYPTO
>>>>  	select CRYPTO_MD5
>>>>
>> --
>> Chuck Lever
>> chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com
>>
>>
>>