Re: [PATCH v7] zram: break the strict dependency from lzo

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Dec 08 2020 - 12:27:50 EST


On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 12:12:45PM +0000, Rui Salvaterra wrote:
> From the beginning, the zram block device always enabled CRYPTO_LZO, since
> lzo-rle is hardcoded as the fallback compression algorithm. As a consequence, on
> systems where another compression algorithm is chosen (e.g. CRYPTO_ZSTD), the
> lzo kernel module becomes unused, while still having to be built/loaded.
>
> This patch removes the hardcoded lzo-rle dependency and allows the user to
> select the default compression algorithm for zram at build time. The previous
> behaviour is kept, as the default algorithm is still lzo-rle.
>
> Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rui Salvaterra <rsalvaterra@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Rui.