linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] zswap: remove the memcpy if acomp is not sleepable

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Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:42:51 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, herbert@...dor.apana.org.au,
 chriscli@...gle.com, chrisl@...nel.org, ddstreet@...e.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sjenning@...hat.com,
 vitaly.wool@...sulko.com, Barry Song <v-songbaohua@...o.com>,
 davem@...emloft.net, hannes@...xchg.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
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 yosryahmed@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] zswap: remove the memcpy if acomp is not
 sleepable

On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 20:36:41 -0800 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > Okay, I understand. Since this patch improves zswap's performance, I wanted
> > it to be integrated sooner to contribute. However, I'm perfectly willing to
> > respect your concerns and adhere to the community's best practices.
> > 
> 
> OK.  I very much doubt if anyone is running those drivers on mm.git, so
> adding it now isn't likely to hurt.
> 
> So I'll merge it now and shall aim to get it upstream very late in the
> next merge window.

Nope.  mm.git won't build without acomp_is_async().

We can merge the zswap patch via the crypto tree.  Acked-by: me.

Or please just resend the zswap change after 6.9-rc1 is released.