linux-kernel - Re: Adding compression before/above swapcache

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Message-ID: <533587FD.7000006@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 10:32:29 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
	Seth Jennings <sjennings@...iantweb.net>
CC:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>, Bob Liu <bob.liu@...cle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Weijie Yang <weijie.yang@...sung.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Adding compression before/above swapcache

On 03/28/2014 08:36 AM, Dan Streetman wrote:

> Well my general idea was to modify shrink_page_list() so that instead
> of calling add_to_swap() and then pageout(), anonymous pages would be
> added to a compressed cache.  I haven't worked out all the specific
> details, but I am initially thinking that the compressed cache could
> simply repurpose incoming pages to use as the compressed cache storage
> (using its own page mapping, similar to swap page mapping), and then
> add_to_swap() the storage pages when the compressed cache gets to a
> certain size.  Pages that don't compress well could just bypass the
> compressed cache, and get sent the current route directly to
> add_to_swap().

That sounds a lot like what zswap does. How is your
proposal different?

And, is there an easier way to implement that difference? :)


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