Re: ext2/zram issue [was: Linux 5.19]
From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue Aug 09 2022 - 07:53:48 EST
Hi,
On (22/08/09 10:20), Dmitry Rokosov wrote:
> I think oom-kill is an inevitable escape from low memory situation if we
> don't solve original problem with high memory consumption in the user
> setup. Reclaim-based zram slow path just delays oom if memory eating
> root cause is not resolved.
>
> I totally agree with you that all patches which have visible user
> degradations should be reverted, but maybe this is more user setup
> problem, what do you think?
I'd go with the revert.
Jiri, are you going to send the revert patch or shall I handle it?
> If you make the decision to revert slow path removal patch, I would
> prefer to review the original patch with unneeded code removal again
> if you don't mind:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20220422115959.3313-1-avromanov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Sure, we can return to it after the merge window.