Re: [PATCH] zcache: fix "zcache=" kernel parameter

From: Greg KH
Date: Wed Jul 24 2013 - 11:05:26 EST


On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 01:54:56PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 01:41:57 PM Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Wed 24-07-13 12:32:32, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:04:41 PM Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > On Wed 24-07-13 12:02:35, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > I have posted a similar fix quite some time ago and I guess Greg should
> > > > > already have it.
> > > >
> > > > For reference https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/26/410
> > >
> > > There was a reply from Greg:
> > >
> > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/26/410
> >
> > I guess you meant https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/26/569
>
> Uh, yes.
>
> > > and it seems that Greg's request has not been fullfilled.
> >
> > Bob Liu has resent the patch (I cannot find the email in the archive).
>
> Indeed, I've found it here:
>
> http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/102484
>
> > > Anyway Piotr's patch seems to be more complete:
> > > - it also fixes case in which invalid "zcache=" option is given (returns
> > > an error value 1 while with your patch the code still erronously retuns 0)
> > > - it prints information about compressor type being used when "zcache="
> > > option is used (your patch skips it due to addition of "goto out_alloc")
> >
> > I do not care which one will make it I just pointed out that there is
> > another patch dealing with the same and it is a question how far that
> > one went.
>
> OK.
>
> Greg, could you please pick Piotr's patch?

Wait, I'm going to take the first one I got, from Michal, as that's the
original author here, not Piotr...

confused, and really grumpy about the whole zcache mess...

greg k-h
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