linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 06/15] PM / Hibernate: swap, remove swap_map

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Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:35:35 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@...a.org.au>
Subject: Re: [RFC 06/15] PM / Hibernate: swap, remove swap_map_handle usages

On Wednesday 24 March 2010, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 03/24/2010 09:33 PM, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > On Tue 2010-03-23 17:17:34, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> >> Some code, which will be moved out of swap.c, needs know nothing about
> >> swap. There will be also other than swap writers later, so that it
> >> won't make sense at all.
> >>
> >> Make it a global static in swap.c as a singleton.
> > 
> > I guess I just dislike global static. Logically, methods do operate on
> > handles, so...
> 
> Ok, "upper layers" may get a handle via .get_reader/writer. The downside
> is that they would have to get (void *) and pass (void *) down again. I
> wanted to avoid that (taking into account that it's a singleton).
> 
> > I don't see a point and I do not think the change is an improvement.
> 
> The point was to avoid (void *)'s and save users from transferring
> pointer as a handle. No matter what, the decision is not up to me,
> discussion indeed welcome.

The whole thing boils down to whether or not there may be more than one
swap map in use at a time.

Perhaps it's better to use a static pointer, though?

And I don't really know at this point how exactly this change is going to make
your life easier down the road.  Care to elaborate?

Rafael
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