linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add zpool

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:55:05 -0400
From:	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
To:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add zpool

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:56 PM, Sergey Senozhatsky
<sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com> wrote:
> On (06/02/15 14:30), Joe Perches wrote:
>> > >> +ZPOOL COMPRESSED PAGE STORAGE API
>> > >> +M:   Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
>> > >> +L:   linux-mm@...ck.org
>> > >> +S:   Maintained
>> > >> +F:   mm/zpool.c
>> > >> +F:   include/linux/zpool.h
>> > >
>> > > If zpool.h is only included from files in mm/,
>> > > maybe zpool.h should be moved to mm/ ?
>> >
>> > It *could* be included by others, e.g. drivers/block/zram.
>> >
>> > It currently is only used by zswap though, so yeah it could be moved
>> > to mm/.  Should I move it there, until (if ever) anyone outside of mm/
>> > wants to use it?
>>
>> Up to you.
>>
>> I think include/linux is a bit overstuffed and
>> whatever can be include local should be.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> I agree, can be local for now. if zram will ever want to use zpool
> then we will move zpool.h to include/linux. just my 5 cents.

Ok.  I'll send a patch to move it from include/linux to mm/ and update
the drivers there that include it.


>
>         -ss
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