2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init/Config.in b/init/Config.in
index 4465e75a1..521f8fe1d 100644
--- a/init/Config.in
+++ b/init/Config.in
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS
           core file sizes.  If this option is disabled, processes
           will not generate any core files.
 
+config CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON
+        bool "  Should init run swapon if short on memory?"
+        default y
+        depends on CONFIG_INIT
+        help
+          If the system has less than one megabyte of total memory, init
+          will run '/sbin/swapon -a' to add swap memory.
+
 config CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET
         bool "  Should init be _extra_ quiet on boot?"
         default y
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index e0e2f19fb..528122580 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ static void set_term(int fd)
         tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &tty);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON
 /* How much memory does this machine have?
    Units are kBytes to avoid overflow on 4GB machines */
 static unsigned int check_free_memory(void)
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@ static unsigned int check_free_memory(void)
                 return(result * u);
         }
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON */
 
 static void console_init(void)
 {
@@ -910,6 +912,7 @@ static void delete_init_action(struct init_action *action)
         }
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON
 /* Make sure there is enough memory to do something useful. *
  * Calls "swapon -a" if needed so be sure /etc/fstab is present... */
 static void check_memory(void)
@@ -937,6 +940,9 @@ static void check_memory(void)
         message(CONSOLE, "Sorry, your computer does not have enough memory.");
         loop_forever();
 }
+#else
+# define check_memory()
+#endif /* CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_SWAPON */
 
 /* NOTE that if CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB is NOT defined,
  * then parse_inittab() simply adds in some default