From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754650Ab1L2QfM (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:35:12 -0500 Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:38377 "EHLO rcsinet15.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754526Ab1L2QfJ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:35:09 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <26caec11-5ecc-48da-853b-53aa44a5f30a@default> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:34:47 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Magenheimer To: Seth Jennings , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Dan Magenheimer , Nitin Gupta , Dave Hansen , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo , Brian King , Robert Jennings Subject: RE: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support References: <<1325082113-2843-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>> In-Reply-To: <<1325082113-2843-1-git-send-email-sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.6 (510070) [OL 12.0.6607.1000 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Source-IP: ucsinet21.oracle.com [156.151.31.93] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090204.4EFC96B4.00DF,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > From: Seth Jennings [mailto:sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 7:22 AM > To: Greg Kroah-Hartman > Cc: Seth Jennings; Dan Magenheimer; Nitin Gupta; Dave Hansen; devel@driverdev.osuosl.org; linux- > kernel@vger.kernel.org; Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo; Brian King; Robert Jennings > Subject: [PATCH] staging: zcache: add crypto API support > > This patch allow zcache to use the crypto API for page compression. > It replaces the direct LZO compress/decompress calls with calls > into the crypto compression API. The compressor to be used is > specified in the kernel boot line with the zcache parameter like: > zcache=lzo or zcache=deflate. If the specified compressor can't > be loaded, zcache uses lzo as the default compressor. > > Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings Acked-by: Dan Magenheimer