linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] zram: pass gfp from zcomp frontend to backend

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Message-ID: <20151125150449.GA579@swordfish>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:04:49 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Kyeongdon Kim <kyeongdon.kim@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] zram: pass gfp from zcomp frontend to backend

Hello,

On (11/25/15 22:50), Minchan Kim wrote:
[..]
> > I think that applying 3/3 before 2/3 will be a simpler (and probably a better)
> > thing to do. We fitst extend zcomp interface and pass flags (without any
> > functional change) and then extend the flags and introduce vmalloc fallback.
> 
> The reason I ordered such way is that I wanted to discuss [2/3] as
> stable material after I get your ACK. It solves real problem in android platform
> which is real fact and I think it's enough small to send stable tree.
> What do you think?
> 
> > 
> > So we don't have to add comments to lz4/lzo backend that are getting (re-)moved
> > in the very next commit.
> 
> Fair enough if you don't agree sending [2/3] to stable.

Aha, I see. I don't mind to send it to -stable (with __GFP_HIGHMEM fix
up).

Do -stable guys take this type of patches?

	-ss
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