mirror_zfs/config/kernel-clear-inode.m4
Etienne Dechamps 705741827a When checking for symbol exports, try compiling.
This patch adds a new autoconf function: ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL.
This new function does the following:

 - Call LINUX_TRY_COMPILE with the specified parameters.
 - If unsuccessful, return false.
 - If successful and we're configuring with --enable-linux-builtin,
   return true.
 - Else, call CHECK_SYMBOL_EXPORT with the specified parameters and
   return the result.

All calls to CHECK_SYMBOL_EXPORT are converted to
LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL so that the tests work even when configuring
for builtin on a kernel which doesn't have loadable module support, or
hasn't been built yet.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Issue #851
2012-07-26 13:42:57 -07:00

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dnl #
dnl # 3.5.0 API change
dnl # torvalds/linux@dbd5768f87ff6fb0a4fe09c4d7b6c4a24de99430 and
dnl # torvalds/linux@7994e6f7254354e03028a11f98a27bd67dace9f1 reworked
dnl # where inode_sync_wait() is called.
dnl #
dnl # Prior to these changes it would occur in end_writeback() but due
dnl # to various issues (described in the above commits) it has been
dnl # moved to evict(). This changes the ordering is which sync occurs
dnl # but otherwise doesn't impact the zpl implementation.
dnl #
dnl # The major impact here is the renaming of end_writeback() to
dnl # clear_inode(). However, care must be taken when detecting this
dnl # API change because as recently as 2.6.35 there was a clear_inode()
dnl # function. However, it was made obsolete by the evict_inode() API
dnl # change at the same time.
dnl #
dnl # Therefore, to ensure we have the correct API we only allow the
dnl # clear_inode() compatibility code to be defined iff the evict_inode()
dnl # functionality is also detected.
dnl #
AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_CLEAR_INODE],
[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether clear_inode() is available])
ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE_SYMBOL([
#include <linux/fs.h>
], [
clear_inode(NULL);
], [clear_inode], [fs/inode.c], [
AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CLEAR_INODE, 1, [clear_inode() is available])
], [
AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
])
])