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

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Date:	Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:32:41 +0530
From:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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 12/30/2010 10:47 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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.
>

This commit shows oops in zram_inc_stat() which does not exist in 
staging tree version of zram. Its actually a problem with zram version 
as present in project's own repository where we allocate struct 
zram_stats_cpu upon device initialization. OTOH, In mainline/staging 
version of zram, we allocate struct stats upfront, so this oops cannot 
happen in mainline version.

So, this commit is not even applicable for mainline/staging tree.  My 
bad, I didn't get a chance to review that patch.

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

I will now end development on local project repository and sync it with 
the mainline version, so all future development happens on 
mainline/staging only, avoiding such confusions in future.

Nitin
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