linux-kernel - Re: + zram-rework-reset-and-destroy-path-fix.patch added to -mm tree

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Message-ID: <20150205002019.GA1681@swordfish>
Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2015 09:20:19 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jmarchan@...hat.com,
	minchan@...nel.org, ngupta@...are.org, opensource.ganesh@...il.com,
	sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com, mm-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: + zram-rework-reset-and-destroy-path-fix.patch added to -mm tree

Hello,
sorry for late response

On (02/04/15 14:29), Andrew Morton wrote:
> Seems unnecessarily complicated.  What about
> 
> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c~zram-rework-reset-and-destroy-path-fix-2-fix
> +++ a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> @@ -1141,7 +1141,8 @@ static void destroy_devices(unsigned int
>  
>  static int __init zram_init(void)
>  {
> -	int ret = -ENOMEM, dev_id = 0;
> +	int ret;
> +	int dev_id;
>  
>  	if (num_devices > max_num_devices) {
>  		pr_warn("Invalid value for num_devices: %u\n",
> @@ -1157,20 +1158,23 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
>  
>  	/* Allocate the device array and initialize each one */
>  	zram_devices = kzalloc(num_devices * sizeof(struct zram), GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!zram_devices)
> -		goto out_error;
> +	if (!zram_devices) {
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;

we need to rollback `zram_major = register_blkdev(0, "zram");'
which is done in destroy_devices().

	-ss
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