Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] mm: zswap - Add crypto acomp/scomp framework support

[Dan Streetman]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Herbert Xu
<herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 12:38:40PM -0500, Dan Streetman wrote:
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>> setting the ASYNC bit makes it synchronous?  that seems backwards...?
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> You set the ASYNC bit in the mask and leave it clear in the type.
> That way only algorithms with the ASYNC bit off will match.

aha, ok i get it now.

>> zswap gets the fun of being the first crypto compression consumer to
>> switch to the new api? ;-)
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> BTW I think we should hold off on converting zswap for now.

ok that sounds good, we can wait.  Thanks!