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From: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mm-cc@laptop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] compcache: xvmalloc memory allocator
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:22:31 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A92D35F.50604@vflare.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84144f020908241033l4af09e7h9caac47d8d9b7841@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Pekka,

On 08/24/2009 11:03 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>
> [ Nit: the name xmalloc() is usually reserved for non-failing allocators in
>    user-space which is why xvmalloc() looks so confusing to me. Can we
>    get a better name for the thing? Also, I'm not sure why xvmalloc is a
>    separate module. Can't you just make it in-kernel or compile it in to the
>    ramzswap module? ]
>

xvmalloc is still a separate module to make sure I do not make it ramzswap
specific.

I am okay with renaming it to rzmalloc and compiling it with ramzswap instead
of as separate module. I will make these changes in next revision of these
patches.

Thanks,
Nitin



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From: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
To: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-mm-cc@laptop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] compcache: xvmalloc memory allocator
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:22:31 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A92D35F.50604@vflare.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <84144f020908241033l4af09e7h9caac47d8d9b7841@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Pekka,

On 08/24/2009 11:03 PM, Pekka Enberg wrote:
>
> [ Nit: the name xmalloc() is usually reserved for non-failing allocators in
>    user-space which is why xvmalloc() looks so confusing to me. Can we
>    get a better name for the thing? Also, I'm not sure why xvmalloc is a
>    separate module. Can't you just make it in-kernel or compile it in to the
>    ramzswap module? ]
>

xvmalloc is still a separate module to make sure I do not make it ramzswap
specific.

I am okay with renaming it to rzmalloc and compiling it with ramzswap instead
of as separate module. I will make these changes in next revision of these
patches.

Thanks,
Nitin


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  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-24 17:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-24  4:37 [PATCH 1/4] compcache: xvmalloc memory allocator Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24  4:37 ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 17:33 ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 17:33   ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 17:52   ` Nitin Gupta [this message]
2009-08-24 17:52     ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 18:08     ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 18:08       ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 18:11       ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 18:11         ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 18:27         ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 18:27           ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 18:40           ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 18:40             ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 19:36   ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 19:36     ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 19:43     ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 19:43       ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 21:16       ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 21:16         ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-25  4:26         ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-25  4:26           ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-24 20:39     ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-24 20:39       ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-24 21:16       ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 21:16         ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-24 21:46         ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-24 21:46           ` Hugh Dickins
2009-08-25 14:52           ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-25 14:52             ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-25 19:03             ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-25 19:03               ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-26 16:10               ` Christoph Lameter
2009-08-26 16:10                 ` Christoph Lameter
2009-08-26 16:17                 ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-26 16:17                   ` Nitin Gupta
2009-08-26 16:19                 ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-26 16:19                   ` Pekka Enberg
2009-08-26 16:07     ` Christoph Lameter
2009-08-26 16:07       ` Christoph Lameter

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