linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] zram: pass gfp from zcomp frontend to backend

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Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 09:44:41 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] zram: pass gfp from zcomp frontend to backend

On (11/30/15 16:10), Andrew Morton wrote:
> > From: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> > 
> > Each zcomp backend uses own gfp flag but it's pointless
> > because the context they could be called is driven by upper
> > layer(ie, zcomp frontend). As well, zcomp frondend could
> > call them in different context. One context(ie, zram init part)
> > is it should be better to make sure successful allocation
> > other context(ie, further stream allocation part for accelarating
> > I/O speed) is just optional so let's pass gfp down from driver
> > (ie, zcomp frontend) like normal MM convention.
> > 
> > [sergey: add missing __vmalloc zero and highmem gfps]
> > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> > Acked-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> 
> I changed this to signed-off-by:you.  Documentation/SubmittingPatches
> section 11 explains why ;)

Thank you.

> (Hm, rule (c) is recursive.  Nice!)

	-ss
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