Re: [PATCH 2/4] Squashfs: Generalise paging handling in thedecompressors (V3)
From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Nov 19 2013 - 03:10:14 EST
On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 05:14:17AM +0000, Phillip Lougher wrote:
> Further generalise the decompressors by adding a page handler
> abstraction. This adds helpers to allow the decompressors
> to access and process the output buffers in an implementation
> independant manner.
>
> This allows different types of output buffer to be passed
> to the decompressors, with the implementation specific
> aspects handled at decompression time, but without the
> knowledge being held in the decompressor wrapper code.
>
> This will allow the decompressors to handle Squashfs
> cache buffers, and page cache pages.
>
> This patch adds the abstraction and an implementation for
> the caches.
>
> V3: slightly optimise code in page_actor.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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