Re: [PATCH v5 00/21] mm/zsmalloc: add zpdesc memory descriptor for zswap.zpool
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Tue Aug 06 2024 - 15:35:20 EST
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 12:32 PM Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, 6 Aug 2024 10:22:47 +0800 alexs@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > According to Metthew's plan, the page descriptor will be replace by a 8
> > bytes mem_desc on destination purpose.
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YvV1KTyzZ+Jrtj9x@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > Here is a implement on zsmalloc to replace page descriptor by 'zpdesc',
> > which is still overlay on struct page now. but it's a step move forward
> > above destination.
>
> So the sole reason for this work is as a part of the mem_desc
> conversion. I'd like to hear from others who are to be involved in
> that conversion, please - it this patchset something we should be
> merging?
>
Matthew asked an important question here that needs to be answered by
zsmalloc experts:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zq0zucMFsOwATsAC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/