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SubjectRe: [PATCHv3 0/9] introduce on-demand device creation
On (04/27/15 22:21), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> We currently don't support zram on-demand device creation. The only way
> to have N zram devices is to specify num_devices module parameter (default
> value 1). That means that if, for some reason, at some point, user wants
> to have N + 1 devies he/she must umount all the existing devices, unload
> the module, load the module passing num_devices equals to N + 1.

argh, please ignore this series. it causes lockdep warning. will resend.

sorry for the noise.

-ss


> This patchset introduces zram-control sysfs class, which has two sysfs
> attrs:
>
> - zram_add -- add a new zram device
> - zram_remove -- remove a specific (device_id) zram device
>
> Usage example:
> # add a new specific zram device
> cat /sys/class/zram-control/zram_add
> 1
>
> # remove a specific zram device
> echo 4 > /sys/class/zram-control/zram_remove
>
>
> V3:
> -- rebase against 4.1
> -- review comments from Minchan were addressed
> -- no sysfs RO tricks anymore
>
> V2:
> -- quick rebase and cleanup in attempt to catch 4.1 merge window
>
> Sergey Senozhatsky (9):
> zram: add `compact` sysfs entry to documentation
> zram: cosmetic ZRAM_ATTR_RO code formatting tweak
> zram: use idr instead of `zram_devices' array
> zram: reorganize code layout
> zram: remove max_num_devices limitation
> zram: report every added and removed device
> zram: trivial: correct flag operations comment
> zram: return zram device_id from zram_add()
> zram: add dynamic device add/remove functionality
>
> Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt | 29 +-
> drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 975 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 6 -
> 3 files changed, 558 insertions(+), 452 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.4.0.rc3.3.g6eb1401
>


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