SYSFS: Allow boot time switching between deprecated and modern sysfs layout

I have some systems which need legacy sysfs due to old tools that are
making assumptions that a directory can never be a symlink to another
directory, and it's a big hazzle to compile separate kernels for them.

This patch turns CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED into a run time option
that can be switched on/off the kernel command line. This way
the same binary can be used in both cases with just a option
on the command line.

The old CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_V2 option is still there to set
the default. I kept the weird name to not break existing
config files.

Also the compat code can be still completely disabled by undefining
CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED_SWITCH -- just the optimizer takes
care of this now instead of lots of ifdefs. This makes the code
look nicer.

v2: This is an updated version on top of Kay's patch to only
handle the block devices. I tested it on my old systems
and that seems to work.

Cc: axboe@kernel.dk
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 516fecacf27b..dd4895313468 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -751,4 +751,11 @@ do {						     \
         MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-" __stringify(minor))
 #define MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR(major) \
         MODULE_ALIAS("char-major-" __stringify(major) "-*")
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
+extern long sysfs_deprecated;
+#else
+#define sysfs_deprecated 0
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _DEVICE_H_ */