staging: zsmalloc: zsmalloc memory allocation library

This patch creates a new memory allocation library named
zsmalloc.

NOTE: zsmalloc currently depends on SPARSEMEM for the MAX_PHYSMEM_BITS
value needed to determine the format of the object handle. There may
be a better way to do this.  Feedback is welcome.

Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Seth Jennings <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>

Author: Nitin Gupta

drivers/staging/zsmalloc/Kconfig

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+config ZSMALLOC
+	tristate "Memory allocator for compressed pages"
+	depends on SPARSEMEM
+	default n
+	help
+	  zsmalloc is a slab-based memory allocator designed to store
+	  compressed RAM pages.  zsmalloc uses virtual memory mapping
+	  in order to reduce fragmentation.  However, this results in a
+	  non-standard allocator interface where a handle, not a pointer, is
+	  returned by an alloc().  This handle must be mapped in order to
+	  access the allocated space.

drivers/staging/zsmalloc/Makefile

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+zsmalloc-y 		:= zsmalloc-main.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_ZSMALLOC)	+= zsmalloc.o