Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] zram: remove init_lock in zram_make_request

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Wed Jan 28 2015 - 15:31:44 EST


On (01/28/15 23:56), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > -static inline int init_done(struct zram *zram)
> > +static inline bool init_done(struct zram *zram)
> > {
> > - return zram->meta != NULL;
> > + /*
> > + * init_done can be used without holding zram->init_lock in
> > + * read/write handler(ie, zram_make_request) but we should make sure
> > + * that zram->init_done should set up after meta initialization is
> > + * done. Look at setup_init_done.
> > + */
> > + bool ret = zram->init_done;
>
> I don't like re-introduced ->init_done.
> another idea... how about using `zram->disksize == 0' instead of
> `->init_done' (previously `->meta != NULL')? should do the trick.
>

a typo, I meant `->disksize != 0'.

-ss
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