linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm 0/5] LZO and swap write failure patches for -mm

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Message-ID: <20070604200606.GA5500@stusta.de>
Date:	Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:06:06 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@...il.com>
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...nedhand.com>,
	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 0/5] LZO and swap write failure patches for -mm

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:56:46PM +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> On 6/4/07, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...nedhand.com> wrote:
>...
>> The zlib code isn't kernel style and is arguably bloated, perhaps we
>> should remove that?
>
> I don't know - I don't use zlib.
> We can make LZO cleaner and perhaps faster. This will be good.
>...

"cleaner" = much harder to upgrade to new upstream LZO versions -> bad

"perhaps faster" = different from the well-known original code and
                   might again contain new bugs -> bad

"perhaps faster" = if we fork LZO and actually get it faster, all the 
                   other LZO users will not benefit -> bad


zlib and LZO are special because they are maintained userspace code 
imported into the kernel. 


> Regards,
> Nitin

cu
Adrian

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