Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757119AbXE2NeT (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 09:34:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751926AbXE2NeB (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 09:34:01 -0400 Received: from ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.8.137]:58375 "EHLO ppsw-7.csi.cam.ac.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751489AbXE2NeA (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2007 09:34:00 -0400 X-Cam-SpamDetails: Not scanned X-Cam-AntiVirus: No virus found X-Cam-ScannerInfo: http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/email/scanner/ In-Reply-To: References: <4cefeab80705280734i37df1742k6738cd4200813684@mail.gmail.com> <292C7F80-B80D-4645-8FF5-49BF911398E1@cam.ac.uk> <37DB6EAF-8954-448D-BD29-864FEC6540CE@cam.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <231C137C-D0BF-44F7-B2D5-AE610284D00A@cam.ac.uk> Cc: Nitin Gupta , lkml , linux-mm-cc@laptop.org, linuxcompressed-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, Andrew Morton , Daniel Hazelton , Richard Purdie , Bret Towe , dwmw2@infradead.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Michael-Luke Jones Subject: JFFS2 using 'private' zlib header (was [RFC] LZO de/compression support - take 6) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 14:33:51 +0100 To: Satyam Sharma X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 24 On 29 May 2007, at 12:27, Satyam Sharma wrote: > Right, actually, zlib could be switched over to [using a common > directory]. > Because zlib_deflate/ and zlib_inflate/ too share a private header > zutil.h which has unfortunately been stuck into include/linux/ with > a big > /* WARNING: this file should *not* be used by applications. */ > comment ... Well, unfortunately zutil.h is currently being used in-kernel by fs/ jffs2/compr_zlib.c despite the "WARNING: this file should *not* be used by applications" notice. So moving this header to a truly private location isn't possible right now, unfortunately, Michael-Luke Jones [added David Whitehouse to cc] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/