Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] zram: fix zstd error paths and add parameter validation
From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Aug 04 2026 - 06:05:50 EST
On (26/08/04 17:38), Haoqin Huang wrote:
> From: Haoqin Huang <haoqinhuang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Patch 1 removes zstd_release_params() from both zstd_create() and
> zstd_setup_params() error paths -- the former is a layering violation
> in a per-CPU callback, the latter is redundant as zcomp_init() already
> calls release_params() on setup failure.
>
> Patch 2 rejects zero-size dictionaries and prints distinct error
> messages for sz < 0 (returns the original error code) and sz == 0
> ("empty file"). Currently errors are silently swallowed.
>
> Patch 3 adds pr_fmt to each backend file so that pr_err() messages
> are auto-prefixed with the algorithm name.
>
> Patch 4 validates dict and level parameters in each backend's
> .setup_params(), rejecting unsupported combinations and out-of-range
> levels.
>
> Patch 5 resets per-priority params on algorithm change before init.
>
> Changes since v5:
> - Patch 2: split pr_err into sz < 0 and sz == 0 branches
> - New patch 3: add pr_fmt to all backends; tweak winbits message;
> add missing SPDX headers to lz4 and lz4hc
> - Patch 4: removed inline algo-name prefixes (now handled by pr_fmt);
> added comment for lz4hc < 1 lower bound; added braces to if
> branches for consistency
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>