Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] zram/zsmalloc promotion

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:04:43AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 06:42:09PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:06:42AM +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > Thanks all,
> > > 
> > > At last, everybody who contributes to zsmalloc want to put it under /lib.
> > > 
> > > Greg,
> > > What should I do for promoting this dragging patchset?
> > 
> > You need to get the -mm developers to agree that this is something that
> > is worth accepting.  I have yet to see any compeling argument why this
> 
> I'm one of mm developers. :)
> Yes. I hope Andrew have a time to take a look.
> 
> > even needs to be in the kernel in the first place.
> 
> Confused. what do you mean "this"? "zsmalloc" or "zram" or "both"?
> If you mean "zsmalloc", I guess there were some lengthy thread about
> "why we need a new another allocator". Unfortunately, I didn't follow it
> at that time. Nitin, Pekka, Could you point out that thread? or summarize
> the result.
> 
> > 
> > I'm not moving this anywhere until you get their acceptance.
> 
> I understand you.
> 
> It's one of problem in current mm mailing list.
> As you know, many mm guys works for server, not embedded so they don't have
> big interest about embedded feature so prioirty of the feature was always
> low. CMA proved it and next turn is zram. Even new-comer in mm is few so
> review bandwidth is always low, too. :(
> 
> How can I poke them?

You just did.  If they ignore this, wait a week, and resend.
Persistance is key.

good luck,

greg k-h

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