linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][zram] Do not check for init flag before starting I/O

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Date:	Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:17:31 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Dennis Jansen <dennis.jansen@....de>,
	Linux Driver Project <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][zram] Do not check for init flag before starting I/O

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org> wrote:
> zram module is unusable without this fix.

.. and apparently it oopses without it.

See commit 7e24cce38a99f3 which added the code that you now remove.
You were cc'd on it, I don't think we got any reply to it.

So no. I'm not taking this without way more explanations of why the
original problem isn't a problem any more.

                            Linus
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