linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH RESEND] f2fs: compress: deny setting unsupported compress algorithm

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Date:   Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:09:31 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
CC:     <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH RESEND] f2fs: compress: deny setting
 unsupported compress algorithm

On 2020/12/8 2:16, Eric Biggers wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 05:56:09PM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
>> If kernel doesn't support certain kinds of compress algorithm, deny to set
>> them as compress algorithm of f2fs via 'compress_algorithm=%s' mount option.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
>> ---
>> no changes, just rebase on dev branch.
> 
> This doesn't apply to the dev branch anymore.

Maybe you apply patches with wrong order?

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/chao/linux.git/log/?h=dev

> 
>>   fs/f2fs/super.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c
>> index e0fe72f1d2c8..662e59f32645 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c
>> @@ -936,9 +936,14 @@ static int parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options, bool is_remount)
>>   			if (!name)
>>   				return -ENOMEM;
>>   			if (!strcmp(name, "lzo")) {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_F2FS_FS_LZO
>>   				F2FS_OPTION(sbi).compress_algorithm =
>>   								COMPRESS_LZO;
>> +#else
>> +				f2fs_info(sbi, "Image doesn't support lzo compression");
>> +#endif
> 
> These info messages don't make sense.  It's not the filesystem image that
> doesn't support the algorithm, but rather the kernel that doesn't.
> 
> Also, shouldn't these be warnings instead of "info"?

Correct.

> 
> - Eric
> .
>