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SubjectRe: [PATCHv4 0/7] zswap: compressed swap caching
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 04:49:04PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> On 01/29/2013 04:14 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-01-29 at 15:40 -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> >> The code required for the flushing is in a separate patch now
> >> as requested.
> >
> > What tree does this apply to?
> > Both -next and linus fail to compile.
>
> Link to build instruction in the cover letter:
>
> >> NOTE: To build, read this:
> >> http://lkml.org/lkml/2013/1/28/586
>
> The complexity is due to a conflict with a zsmalloc patch in Greg's
> staging tree that has yet to make its way upstream.
>
> Sorry for the inconvenience.

Seth, Please don't ignore previous review if you didn't convince reviewer.
I don't want to consume time with arguing trivial things.

Copy and Paste from previous discussion from zsmalloc pathset

> > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:46:14AM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote:
> > >> These patches are the first 4 patches of the zswap patchset I
> > >> sent out previously. Some recent commits to zsmalloc and
> > >> zcache in staging-next forced a rebase. While I was at it, Nitin
> > >> (zsmalloc maintainer) requested I break these 4 patches out from
> > >> the zswap patchset, since they stand on their own.
> > >
> > > [2/4] and [4/4] is okay to merge current zsmalloc in staging but
> > > [1/4] and [3/4] is dependent on zswap so it should be part of
> > > zswap patchset.
> >
> > Just to clarify, patches 1 and 3 are _not_ dependent on zswap. They
> > just introduce changes that are only needed by zswap.
>
> I don't think so. If zswap might be not merged, we don't need [1, 3]
> at the moment. You could argue that [1, 3] make zsmalloc more flexible
> and I agree. BUT I want it when we have needs. It would be not too late.
> So [1,3] should be part of zswap patchset.

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim


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