Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] zram: Use local lock to protect per-CPU data

[Ingo Molnar]

* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
> +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.h
> @@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
>  
>  #ifndef _ZCOMP_H_
>  #define _ZCOMP_H_
> +#include <linux/locallock.h>
>  
>  struct zcomp_strm {
>  	/* compression/decompression buffer */
>  	void *buffer;
>  	struct crypto_comp *tfm;
> +	struct local_lock lock;
>  };

I believe the general pattern is to put the lock in front of the 
fields it protects.

I'd also add a comment documenting that both fields ->buffer and ->tfm 
are protected by the lock.

Thanks,

	Ingo