Re: [PATCH] zram: rename writeback_compressed device attr
From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 22:06:05 EST
On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:54:21 +0900 Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rename writeback_compressed attr to compressed_writeback
> to avoid possible confusion and have more natural naming.
> writeabck_compressed may look like an alternative version
> of writeback while in fact writeback_compressed only sets
> a writeback property. Make this distinction more clear
> with a new compressed_writeback name.
>
> ...
>
> Andrew, the code in question is in 7.0-rc1, it has not been
> released yet, so we think it's safe to rename the attribute
> without breaking userspace. Can you please pick this patch
> for 7.0-rc2?
Fair enough. I'll add
Fixes: 4c1d61389e8e ("zram: introduce writeback_compressed device attribute")
and shall queue it as a hotfix.