linuxPackages.nullfs: init at 0.17 (#339896)

maintainers/maintainer-list.nix

@@ -3234,6 +3234,13 @@
     githubId = 24193;
     name = "Dan Callahan";
   };
+  callumio = {
+    email = "[email protected]";
+    github = "callumio";
+    githubId = 16057677;
+    name = "Callum Leslie";
+    keys = [ { fingerprint = "BC82 4BB5 1656 D144 285E  A0EC D382 C4AF EECE AA90"; } ];
+  };
   calvertvl = {
     email = "[email protected]";
     github = "calvertvl";

pkgs/os-specific/linux/nullfs/default.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  stdenv,
+  lib,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  kernel,
+}:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "nullfs";
+  version = "0.17";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "abbbi";
+    repo = "nullfsvfs";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    sha256 = "sha256-Hkplhem4Gb1xsYQtRSWub0m15Fiil3qJAO183ygP+WI=";
+  };
+
+  hardeningDisable = [ "pic" ];
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = kernel.moduleBuildDependencies;
+
+  makeFlags = kernel.makeFlags ++ [
+    "KSRC=${kernel.dev}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/build"
+  ];
+
+  prePatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace "Makefile" \
+      --replace-fail "/lib/modules/\$(shell uname -r)/build" "\$(KSRC)"
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+    mkdir -p "$out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/fs/nullfs/"
+    install -p -m 644 nullfs.ko $out/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/kernel/fs/nullfs/
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "A virtual black hole file system that behaves like /dev/null";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/abbbi/nullfsvfs";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ callumio ];
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix

@@ -605,6 +605,8 @@ in {
 
     drbd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/drbd/driver.nix { };
 
+    nullfs = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/nullfs { };
+
   } // lib.optionalAttrs config.allowAliases {
     ati_drivers_x11 = throw "ati drivers are no longer supported by any kernel >=4.1"; # added 2021-05-18;
     hid-nintendo = throw "hid-nintendo was added in mainline kernel version 5.16"; # Added 2023-07-30