RE: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support

From: Dan Magenheimer
Date: Thu Dec 29 2011 - 11:35:38 EST


> From: Seth Jennings [mailto:sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:22 AM
> To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
> Cc: Seth Jennings; Dan Magenheimer; Nitin Gupta; Dave Hansen; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo; Brian King; Robert Jennings
> Subject: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support
>
> This patch allow zcache to use the crypto API for page compression.
> It replaces the direct LZO compress/decompress calls with calls
> into the crypto compression API. The compressor to be used is
> specified in the kernel boot line with the zcache parameter like:
> zcache=lzo or zcache=deflate. If the specified compressor can't
> be loaded, zcache uses lzo as the default compressor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
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