Re: [PATCH 1/2 v2] zsmalloc: zsmalloc: use unsigned long insteadof void *

[Seth Jennings]

On 05/22/2012 08:43 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:

> We should use unsigned long as handle instead of void * to avoid any
> confusion. Without this, users may just treat zs_malloc return value as
> a pointer and try to deference it.
> 
> This patch passed compile test(zram, zcache and ramster) and zram is
> tested on qemu.
> 
> changelog
>   * from v1
>  	- change zcache's zv_create return value
>         - baesd on next-20120522
> 
> Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>


Acked-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Seth

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