linux-kernel - Re: zswap: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in zswap_dstmem

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Message-ID: <20170521095654.bzpaa2obfszrajgb@ninjato>
Date:   Sun, 21 May 2017 11:56:54 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: zswap: Delete an error message for a failed memory allocation in
 zswap_dstmem_prepare()

Markus,

> > Markus, can you please stop CCing me on every of those patches?
> 
> Yes, of course.

Thanks!

> >> Link: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/sites/events/files/slides/LCJ16-Refactor_Strings-WSang_0.pdf
> 
> Did I interpret any information from your presentation slides in an
> inappropriate way?

Have you read my LWN article "Best practices for a big patch series"?

https://lwn.net/Articles/585782/

> > And why do you create a patch for every occasion in the same file?
> 
> This can occasionally happen when I am more unsure about the change acceptance
> for a specific place.

Why were you unsure here?

> This can also happen as a side effect if such a source code search pattern
> will point hundreds of places out for further software development considerations.
> How would you prefer to clarify the remaining update candidates there?

Maybe the article mentioned can provice further guidance?

Have a nice sunday,

   Wolfram


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