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[Sergey Senozhatsky]

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] zram: don't free statically defined names
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Cc-ing Venkat Rao Bagalkote

On (24/09/24 00:34), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> >  	for (prio = ZRAM_SECONDARY_COMP; prio < ZRAM_MAX_COMPS; prio++) {
> > -		kfree(zram->comp_algs[prio]);
> > +		/* Do not free statically defined compression algorithms */
> 
> We probably don't really need this comment.
> 
> > +		if (zram->comp_algs[prio] != default_compressor)
> > +			kfree(zram->comp_algs[prio]);
> >  		zram->comp_algs[prio] = NULL;
> >  	}
> 
> OK, so... I wonder how do you get a `default_compressor` on a
> non-ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP prio.  May I ask what's your reproducer?
> 
> I didn't expect `default_compressor` on ZRAM_SECONDARY_COMP
> and below.  As far as I can tell, we only do this:
> 
> 	comp_algorithm_set(zram, ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP, default_compressor);
> 
> in zram_reset_device() and zram_add().  So, how does it end up in
> ZRAM_SECONDARY_COMP...

Ugh, I know what's happening.  You don't have CONFIG_ZRAM_MULTI_COMP
so that ZRAM_PRIMARY_COMP and ZRAM_SECONDARY_COMP are the same thing.
Yeah, that all makes sense now, I haven't thought about it.

Can you please send v2 (with the feedback resolved).