linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: zsmalloc: zsmalloc memory allocation library

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Date:	Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:40:25 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
Cc:	Seth Jennings <sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] staging: zsmalloc: zsmalloc memory allocation
 library

On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:57:36 -0500
Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org> wrote:

> > afacit this code should be added to core mm/.  Addition of code like
> > this to core mm/ will be fiercely resisted on principle!  Hence the
> > (currently missing) justifications for adding it had best be good ones.
> > 
> 
> 
> I don't think this code should ever get into mm/ since its just a driver
> specific allocator.

Like mm/mempool.c and mm/dmapool.c ;)

> However its used by more than one driver (zcache and
> zram) so it may be moved to lib/ or drivers/zsmalloc atmost?

I'd need to take another look at the code, but if the allocator is a
good and useful thing then we want other kernel code to use it where
possible and appropriate. Putting it in mm/ or lib/ says "hey, use this".

The code is extensively poking around in MM internals, especially the
pageframe fields.  So I'd say it's a part of MM (in mm/) rather than a
clean client of MM, which would place it in lib/.


btw, kmap_atomic() already returns void*, so casting its return value
is unneeded.

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