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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
To: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@oracle.com>
Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv11 3/4] zswap: add to mm/
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> Sorry, but I don't think that's appropriate for a patch in the MM subsystem.

I am heading to the airport shortly so this email is a bit hastily typed.

Perhaps a compromise can be reached where this code is merged as a driver
not a core mm component. There is a high bar to be in the MM - it has to
work with many many different configurations. 

And drivers don't have such a high bar. They just need to work on a specific
issue and that is it. If zswap ended up in say, drivers/mm that would make
it more palpable I think.

Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
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