Messages in this thread | | | From | Dan Streetman <> | Date | Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:18:01 -0500 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm/zswap: change params from hidden to ro |
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Vladimir Murzin <murzin.v@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:52:47PM -0500, Dan Streetman wrote: > On Wed, Nov > 20, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Vladimir Murzin <murzin.v@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Dan! >> > >> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 11:38:42AM -0500, Dan Streetman wrote: >> >> The "compressor" and "enabled" params are currently hidden, >> >> this changes them to read-only, so userspace can tell if >> >> zswap is enabled or not and see what compressor is in use. >> > >> > Could you elaborate more why this pice of information is necessary for >> > userspace? >> >> For anyone interested in zswap, it's handy to be able to tell if it's >> enabled or not ;-) Technically people can check to see if the zswap >> debug files are in /sys/kernel/debug/zswap, but I think the actual >> "enabled" param is more obvious. And the compressor param is really >> the only way anyone from userspace can see what compressor's being >> used; that's helpful to know for anyone that might want to be using a >> non-default compressor. > > So, it is needed for user not userspace? I tend to think that users are smart > enough to check cmdline for that.
Let's try a different way. Can you explain what the problem is with making these params user-readable?
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