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Message-ID: <47230059.80202@msgid.tls.msk.ru> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:09:45 +0400 From: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> To: vince.kim@...ess-company.com CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Richard Purdie [rpurdie"@openedhand.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 ] Add support LZO in cramfs vince kim wrote: > This is a kernel patch to add support LZO compression in cramfs. [] > --- linux-2.6.23/fs/cramfs/inode.c 2007-10-09 13:31:38.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.23_cramfs_lzo/fs/cramfs/inode.c 2007-10-26 14:35:59.000000000 -0700 > @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ > static const struct inode_operations cramfs_dir_inode_operations; > static const struct file_operations cramfs_directory_operations; > static const struct address_space_operations cramfs_aops; > +/* function pointer to uncompress block */ > +static int (* cramfs_uncompress_block) (void *dst, int dstlen, void *src, int srclen); Shouldn't this pointer be mountpoint-specific? I mean, if I've two cramfs images, one using zlib and another using lzo, the two will not work at the same time. [] > --- linux-2.6.23/fs/Kconfig 2007-10-09 13:31:38.000000000 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.23_cramfs_lzo/fs/Kconfig 2007-10-26 14:19:01.000000000 -0700 > @@ -1348,6 +1348,7 @@ > tristate "Compressed ROM file system support (cramfs)" > depends on BLOCK > select ZLIB_INFLATE > + select LZO_DECOMPRESS > help > Saying Y here includes support for CramFs (Compressed ROM File > System). CramFs is designed to be a simple, small, and compressed Hmm. How about using modular decompressor? I mean, it isn't really necessary for a given config to handle both lzo- and zlib-compressed cramfs images, only one may be needed, so the other compression library becomes a useless dependency. This is especially important for embedded environments where memory/disk space is limited. Since you're using a pointer-to-function anyway, it can be done fully dynamically, by requesting a module to de- compress the thing at runtime. Pretty much like it's done f.e. in crypto/ipsec layer currently. By the way, your patch is word-wrapped. /mjt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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