linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] zsmalloc: introduce zs_huge

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Date:   Fri, 9 Feb 2018 14:48:10 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] zsmalloc: introduce zs_huge_object() function

On (02/09/18 14:36), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> +/**
> + * zs_huge_object() - Test if a compressed object's size is too big for normal
> + *                    zspool classes and it will be stored in a huge class.
> + * @sz: Size in bytes of the compressed object.
> + *
> + * The functions checks if the object's size falls into huge_class area.
> + * We must take ZS_HANDLE_SIZE into account and test the actual size we
> + * are going to use up, because zs_malloc() unconditionally adds the
> + * handle size before it performs size_class lookup.
> + *
> + * Context: Any context.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * * true  - The object's size is too big, it will be stored in a huge class.
> + * * false - The object will be store in normal zspool classes.
> + */
> ---
> 
> looks OK?

Modulo silly typos... and broken English.

	-ss