Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] zsmalloc: zsmalloc: use unsigned long instead ofvoid *

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Wed May 23 2012 - 16:52:50 EST


On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:43:21AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> We should use unsigned long as handle instead of void * to avoid any
> confusion. Without this, users may just treat zs_malloc return value as
> a pointer and try to deference it.
>
> This patch passed compile test(zram, zcache and ramster) and zram is
> tested on qemu.
>
> changelog
> * from v1
> - change zcache's zv_create return value
> - baesd on next-20120522
>
> Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
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