Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751851AbaGPU7Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:59:25 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.220.43]:56291 "EHLO mail-pa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750994AbaGPU7T (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:59:19 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:59:07 -0500 From: Seth Jennings To: Dan Streetman Cc: Andrew Morton , Bob Liu , Nitin Gupta , Hugh Dickins , Minchan Kim , Weijie Yang , Mel Gorman , Rik van Riel , Johannes Weiner , Sergey Senozhatsky , Linux-MM , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 0/4] mm/zpool: add common api for zswap to use zbud/zsmalloc Message-ID: <20140716205907.GA13058@cerebellum.variantweb.net> References: <1401747586-11861-1-git-send-email-ddstreet@ieee.org> <1404337536-11037-1-git-send-email-ddstreet@ieee.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 02:10:42PM -0400, Dan Streetman wrote: > Andrew, any thoughts on this latest version of the patch set? Let me > know if I missed anything or you have any other suggestions. > > Seth, did you get a chance to review this and/or test it out? I did have a chance to test it out quickly and didn't run into any issues. Your patchset is already in linux-next so I'll test more from there. Seth > > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Dan Streetman wrote: > > In order to allow zswap users to choose between zbud and zsmalloc for > > the compressed storage pool, this patch set adds a new api "zpool" that > > provides an interface to both zbud and zsmalloc. This does not include > > implementing shrinking in zsmalloc, which will be sent separately. > > > > I believe Seth originally was using zsmalloc for swap, but there were > > concerns about how significant the impact of shrinking zsmalloc would > > be when zswap had to start reclaiming pages. That still may be an > > issue, but this at least allows users to choose themselves whether > > they want a lower-density or higher-density compressed storage medium. > > At least for situations where zswap reclaim is never or rarely reached, > > it probably makes sense to use the higher density of zsmalloc. > > > > Note this patch set does not change zram to use zpool, although that > > change should be possible as well. > > > > --- > > Changes since v4 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/2/711 > > -omit first patch, that removed gfp_t param from zpool_malloc() > > -move function doc from zpool.h to zpool.c > > -move module usage refcounting into patch that adds zpool > > -add extra refcounting to prevent driver unregister if in use > > -add doc clarifying concurrency usage > > -make zbud/zsmalloc zpool functions static > > -typo corrections > > > > Changes since v3 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/24/130 > > -In zpool_shrink() use # pages instead of # bytes > > -Add reclaimed param to zpool_shrink() to indicate to caller > > # pages actually reclaimed > > -move module usage counting to zpool, from zbud/zsmalloc > > -update zbud_zpool_shrink() to call zbud_reclaim_page() in a > > loop until requested # pages have been reclaimed (or error) > > > > Changes since v2 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/7/927 > > -Change zpool to use driver registration instead of hardcoding > > implementations > > -Add module use counting in zbud/zsmalloc > > > > Changes since v1 https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/19/97 > > -remove zsmalloc shrinking > > -change zbud size param type from unsigned int to size_t > > -remove zpool fallback creation > > -zswap manually falls back to zbud if specified type fails > > > > > > Dan Streetman (4): > > mm/zbud: change zbud_alloc size type to size_t > > mm/zpool: implement common zpool api to zbud/zsmalloc > > mm/zpool: zbud/zsmalloc implement zpool > > mm/zpool: update zswap to use zpool > > > > include/linux/zbud.h | 2 +- > > include/linux/zpool.h | 106 +++++++++++++++ > > mm/Kconfig | 43 +++--- > > mm/Makefile | 1 + > > mm/zbud.c | 98 +++++++++++++- > > mm/zpool.c | 364 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > mm/zsmalloc.c | 84 ++++++++++++ > > mm/zswap.c | 75 ++++++----- > > 8 files changed, 722 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 include/linux/zpool.h > > create mode 100644 mm/zpool.c > > > > -- > > 1.8.3.1 > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/