Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:12:36 +0800 | From | Bob Liu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 0/5] zram/zsmalloc promotion |
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Hi Mel,
On 08/16/2013 04:33 PM, Mel Gorman wrote: > > I already said I recognise it has a large number of users in the field > and users count a lot more than me complaining. If it gets promoted then > I expect it will be on those grounds. > > My position is that I think it's a bad idea because it is clear there is no > plan or intention of ever brining zram and zswap together. Instead we are > to have two features providing similar functionality with zram diverging > further from zswap. Ultimately I believe this will increase maintenance > headaches. It'll get even more entertaining if/when someone ever tries > to reimplement zcache although since Dan left I do not believe anyone is > planning to try. I will not be acking this series but there many be enough
I already reimplemented zcache based on mm/zbud.c. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/104824
I'll pay more attention to the problems of zswap as you mentioned.
> developers that are actually willing to maintain a duel zram/zswap mess > to make it happen anyway. >
-- Regards, -Bob
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