Re: Path forward for Virtualized Swap?

[Chris Li]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 4:07 AM Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2026-09-20 at 23:43 -1000, Chris Li wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM Gregory Price <gourry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I want:
> >
> > >
> > >   1) zswap on machines with no swapfile
> > >
> > >   2) without being asked "how big?" - there is no number I can give
> > >      that stays correct, and
> >
> > Because you can't answer a question, we have to bend over backwards
> > for you? That does not make sense.
>
> There are millions of users for who the system
> should just work, without having to first answer
> your questions.
>
> Their use case is legitimate.

That is why I want you to provide an example where people zswap 200%
of the RAM and still get reasonale SLO.

I question how you back up your claim that this is true?


Chris