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This patch adds a new autoconf function: SPL_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.

The only exception are:

 - AC_GET_VMALLOC_INFO, because we don't even have a public header to
include in the test case, but that's okay considering this symbol can
be ignored just fine.

- SPL_AC_DEVICE_CREATE, which is legacy API for 2.6.18 kernels.  Since
kernels this old are no longer supported it should arguably just be
removed entirely from the build system.

Note that we're also checking for the correct prototype with an actual
call, which was not the case with CHECK_SYMBOL_EXPORT. However, for
"complicated" test cases like with multiple symbol versions (e.g.
vfs_fsync), we stick with the original behavior and only check for the
function's existence.

Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Issue zfsonlinux/zfs#851
2012-07-26 15:12:35 -07:00
cmd Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
config When checking for symbol exports, try compiling. 2012-07-26 15:12:35 -07:00
include Optimize spl_rwsem_is_locked() 2012-07-13 13:07:39 -07:00
lib Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
module Fix undefined reference on spl_mutex_spin_max(). 2012-07-26 14:54:53 -07:00
patches Reimplement rwlocks for Linux lock profiling/analysis. 2009-09-18 16:09:47 -07:00
scripts Cleanly support debug packages 2012-02-27 14:24:22 -08:00
.gitignore Ignore unsigned module build products 2010-03-11 14:29:17 -08:00
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ChangeLog Prep for spl-0.5.0 tag 2010-08-13 09:33:50 -07:00
DISCLAIMER Public Release Prep 2010-05-17 15:18:00 -07:00
INSTALL Public Release Prep 2010-05-17 15:18:00 -07:00
META SPL 0.6.0-rc9 2012-06-14 11:45:59 -07:00
Makefile.am Move spl.release generation to configure step 2012-07-12 12:13:47 -07:00
Makefile.in Don't build packages that haven't been selected. 2012-07-26 14:54:32 -07:00
PKGBUILD-spl-modules.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
PKGBUILD-spl.in Add make rule for building Arch Linux packages 2011-12-14 16:44:10 -08:00
README.markdown Fix markdown rendering 2010-09-15 09:05:34 -07:00
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configure When checking for symbol exports, try compiling. 2012-07-26 15:12:35 -07:00
configure.ac Move spl.release generation to configure step 2012-07-12 12:13:47 -07:00
spl-modules.spec.in Remove Chaos 4.x RPM support 2012-07-02 15:17:08 -07:00
spl.release.in Move spl.release generation to configure step 2012-07-12 12:13:47 -07:00
spl.spec.in Fix rpm dependencies 2012-01-18 11:24:36 -08:00
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README.markdown

The Solaris Porting Layer (SPL) is a Linux kernel module which provides many of the Solaris kernel APIs. This shim layer makes it possible to run Solaris kernel code in the Linux kernel with relatively minimal modification. This can be particularly useful when you want to track upstream Solaris development closely and dont want the overhead of maintaining a large patch which converts Solaris primitives to Linux primitives.

To build packages for your distribution:

$ ./configure
$ make pkg

Full documentation for building, configuring, and using the SPL can be found at: http://zfsonlinux.org