Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759627Ab2EJOM6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2012 10:12:58 -0400 Received: from mail-pz0-f46.google.com ([209.85.210.46]:64910 "EHLO mail-pz0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754136Ab2EJOM4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 May 2012 10:12:56 -0400 Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 07:12:51 -0700 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Cc: Minchan Kim , Seth Jennings , Nitin Gupta , Dan Magenheimer , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] zsmalloc use zs_handle instead of void * Message-ID: <20120510141251.GA20471@kroah.com> References: <1336027242-372-1-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org> <1336027242-372-3-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org> <4FA28907.9020300@vflare.org> <4FA2A2F0.3030509@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4FA33DF6.8060107@kernel.org> <20120509201918.GA7288@kroah.com> <4FAB21E7.7020703@kernel.org> <20120510140215.GC26152@phenom.dumpdata.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120510140215.GC26152@phenom.dumpdata.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2742 Lines: 75 On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:02:15AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:03:19AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote: > > On 05/10/2012 05:19 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > > On Fri, May 04, 2012 at 11:24:54AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote: > > >> On 05/04/2012 12:23 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: > > >> > > >>> On 05/03/2012 08:32 AM, Nitin Gupta wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On 5/3/12 2:40 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: > > >>>>> We should use zs_handle instead of void * to avoid any > > >>>>> confusion. Without this, users may just treat zs_malloc return value as > > >>>>> a pointer and try to deference it. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Cc: Dan Magenheimer > > >>>>> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > > >>>>> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim > > >>>>> --- > > >>>>> drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c | 8 ++++---- > > >>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c | 8 ++++---- > > >>>>> drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.h | 2 +- > > >>>>> drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c | 28 > > >>>>> ++++++++++++++-------------- > > >>>>> drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h | 15 +++++++++++---- > > >>>>> 5 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) > > >>>> > > >>>> This was a long pending change. Thanks! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> The reason I hadn't done it before is that it introduces a checkpatch > > >>> warning: > > >>> > > >>> WARNING: do not add new typedefs > > >>> #303: FILE: drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc.h:19: > > >>> +typedef void * zs_handle; > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> Yes. I did it but I think we are (a) of chapter 5: Typedefs in Documentation/CodingStyle. > > >> > > >> (a) totally opaque objects (where the typedef is actively used to _hide_ > > >> what the object is). > > >> > > >> No? > > > > > > No. > > > > > > Don't add new typedefs to the kernel. Just use a structure if you need > > > to. > > > > > > I tried it but failed because there were already tightly coupling between [zcache|zram] > > and zsmalloc. > > They already knows handle's internal well so they used it as pointer, even zcache keeps > > handle's value as some key in tmem_put and tmem_get > > AFAIK, ramster also will use zsmalloc sooner or later and add more coupling codes. Sigh. > > Please fix it as soon as possible. > > > > Dan, Seth > > Any ideas? > > struct zs { > void *ptr; > }; > > And pass that structure around? With a better name, that would be fine. greg k-h -- 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/