Re: [PATCH 2/5] zram: Kernel config option for number of devices

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Sep 09 2011 - 19:12:31 EST


On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 07:01:01PM -0400, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> Allows configuring default number of zram devices
> as kernel config option. User can override this
> value using 'num_devices' module parameter.

Ick, another config value, is this really needed? Why can't we rely on
the module parameter instead?


>
> Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c | 13 ++++++++-----
> 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
> index 3bec4db..ca31cb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
> @@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ config ZRAM
> See zram.txt for more information.
> Project home: http://compcache.googlecode.com/
>
> +config ZRAM_NUM_DEVICES
> + int "Default number of zram devices"
> + depends on ZRAM
> + range 1 32
> + default 1
> + help
> + Select default number of zram devices. You can override this value
> + using 'num_devices' module parameter.
> +
> config ZRAM_DEBUG
> bool "Compressed RAM block device debug support"
> depends on ZRAM
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> index 03ec5a2..55f2c0e 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
> @@ -781,6 +781,14 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
> {
> int ret, dev_id;
>
> + /*
> + * Module parameter not specified by user. Use default
> + * value as defined during kernel config.
> + */
> + if (num_devices == 0) {
> + num_devices = CONFIG_ZRAM_NUM_DEVICES;
> + }

Wrong coding style, which, for some odd reason, checkpatch doesn't
catch. Please remove the braces.

thanks,

greg k-h
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