linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add zpool

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2015 12:56:08 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: add zpool

On (06/02/15 14:30), Joe Perches wrote:
> > >> +ZPOOL COMPRESSED PAGE STORAGE API
> > >> +M:   Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>
> > >> +L:   linux-mm@...ck.org
> > >> +S:   Maintained
> > >> +F:   mm/zpool.c
> > >> +F:   include/linux/zpool.h
> > >
> > > If zpool.h is only included from files in mm/,
> > > maybe zpool.h should be moved to mm/ ?
> > 
> > It *could* be included by others, e.g. drivers/block/zram.
> > 
> > It currently is only used by zswap though, so yeah it could be moved
> > to mm/.  Should I move it there, until (if ever) anyone outside of mm/
> > wants to use it?
> 
> Up to you.
> 
> I think include/linux is a bit overstuffed and
> whatever can be include local should be.
> 

Hi,

I agree, can be local for now. if zram will ever want to use zpool
then we will move zpool.h to include/linux. just my 5 cents.

	-ss
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