linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ramzswap: Remove backing swap support

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Message-ID: <20100516162150.GA12062@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 16 May 2010 09:21:50 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
Cc:	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Cyp <cyp561@...il.com>, driverdev <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ramzswap: Remove backing swap support

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 09:13:46PM +0530, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> Hi Minchan,
> 
> On 05/16/2010 09:50 AM, Minchan Kim wrote:
>  
> > One thing was about naming.
> > Now block device operations has field naming swap_xxx_notify
> > (I am not sure exact name). My concern was it's very specific about swap.
> > So I thought we would be better to more abstract name.
> >
> > I thought trim like naming as Linus said.
> 
> This call is very swap specific and is quite different from generic trim
> stuff. So, I think it will be better not be generalize the name and avoid
> confusing it with trim/discard etc.
> 
> > 
> > Anyway, I will review again at next week if it isn't merged
> > linux-next(or linux-mm ?? which is right?). That's because I have a
> > interest in your good ramzswap. :)
> > 
> 
> Thanks, comments/reviews are always welcome :)
> 
> Greg: In the meantime, considering 3 Acks, is it possible to pull it in
> linux-next?

It's already there, right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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