Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/5] zram: Allow zcomps to manage their own streams

From: Sergey Senozhatsky

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 04:52:57 EST


A quick question:

On (26/03/09 12:23), Jihan LIN via B4 Relay wrote:
> This RFC series focuses on the stream management interface required for
> accelerator backends, laying the groundwork for batched asynchronous
> operations in zram. Since I cannot verify this on specific accelerators
> at this moment, a PoC patch that simulates this behavior in software is
> included to verify new stream operations without requiring specific
> accelerators. The next step would be to add a non-blocking interface to
> fully utilize their concurrency, and allow backends to be built as
> separate modules. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

So does such a hardware exist? This series is a little too
complex, so it better solve some real problem, so to speak,
before we start looking into it.