Am 01.10.2013 03:28, schrieb sf...@users.sourceforge.net: > sf...@users.sourceforge.net: >> Florian Klink: >>> The error message also appears when both "aufs" and "loop" are compiled >>> as a module. >> Hmm... >> I am afraid we should consider all combinations of these. >> - aufs (is/is not) a module >> - the source files are from (aufs3-linux/aufs3-standalone).git >> + the system when you build aufs3-standalone.git is running the >> (host/target) kernel >> - loop (is/is not) a module > Hopefull this patch supports all cases. > > J. R. Okajima > I tested the patch.
It works in almost all cases, but loop needs to be set as a dependency for aufs in Kconfig. This also makes kernelconfig smart enough to not allow aufs to be build in-kernel as long as loop is a module, which would otherwise fail. I attached a new patch reflecting the changes. Florian
>From fca21a62b1e3b1d3e9cd1a254211e1d87ddbdb4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "J. R. Okajima" <hooano...@yahoo.co.jp> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 10:24:17 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] aufs: for 3.11, request loop module Replace symbol_get() by symbol_request() to force loading "loop" module. Add dependency to BLK_DEV_LOOP Reported-by: Florian Klink <flo...@flokli.de> --- fs/aufs/Kconfig | 1 + fs/aufs/loop.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/aufs/Kconfig b/fs/aufs/Kconfig index 6228e27..637d743 100644 --- a/fs/aufs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/aufs/Kconfig @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ config AUFS_FS tristate "Aufs (Advanced multi layered unification filesystem) support" + depends on BLK_DEV_LOOP help Aufs is a stackable unification filesystem such as Unionfs, which unifies several directories and provides a merged single diff --git a/fs/aufs/loop.c b/fs/aufs/loop.c index a5c4e7a..852f67d 100644 --- a/fs/aufs/loop.c +++ b/fs/aufs/loop.c @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int au_loopback_init(void) goto out; err = 0; - backing_file_func = symbol_get(loop_backing_file); + backing_file_func = symbol_request(loop_backing_file); if (backing_file_func) goto out; /* success */ -- 1.8.4
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