linux-kernel - Re: zcache and kztmem combine to become the new zcache

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Date:	Sat, 05 Feb 2011 15:13:41 -0500
From:	Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: zcache and kztmem combine to become the new zcache

(Sorry, forgot to CC Dan)

On 02/05/2011 01:24 PM, Nitin Gupta wrote:
> To zcache and kztmem users/reviewers --
>
> We, Nitin and Dan, have decided to combine zcache and kztmem and
> call the resulting work as zcache.
>
> Since kztmem has evolved further than zcache, we have agreed to
> use the kztmem code as the foundation for future work, so Dan will
> resubmit the kztmem patchset soon with the name changed to zcache.
>
> Since both the "old zcache" and "new zcache" depend on the proposed
> cleancache patch, Nitin and Dan will jointly work with the Linux
> maintainers to support merging of cleancache, and also work together
> on possibilities for merging frontswap and zram, since they serve
> a similar function.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns, please ensure you reply
> to both of us.
>
> Nitin Gupta and Dan Magenheimer
>

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