linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] compcache: in-memory compressed swapping v4

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:06:12 +0530
From:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>,
	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-mm-cc <linux-mm-cc@...top.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] compcache: in-memory compressed swapping v4

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 10:26 +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
>>  drivers/staging/Kconfig                   |    2 +
>>  drivers/staging/Makefile                  |    1 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/Kconfig          |   21 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/Makefile         |    3 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/ramzswap.txt     |   51 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/ramzswap_drv.c   | 1462 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/ramzswap_drv.h   |  173 ++++
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/ramzswap_ioctl.h |   50 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc.c       |  533 +++++++++++
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc.h       |   30 +
>>  drivers/staging/ramzswap/xvmalloc_int.h   |   86 ++
>>  include/linux/swap.h                      |    5 +
>>  mm/swapfile.c                             |   34 +
>>  13 files changed, 2451 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> This diffstat is not up to date, I think.
>

Oh! this is from v3. I forgot to update it. I don't have access to my git tree
here in office, so cannot send updated version right now.

> Greg, would you mind taking this driver into staging? There are some
> issues that need to be ironed out for it to be merged to kernel proper
> but I think it would benefit from being exposed to mainline.
>
> Nitin, you probably should also submit a patch that adds a TODO file
> similar to other staging drivers to remind us that swap notifiers and
> the CONFIG_ARM thing need to be resolved.
>

ok, I will send patch for TODO file.

Thanks,
Nitin
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