linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/3] zram: use zs_get_huge_class_size

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Message-ID: <20160222050545.GD11961@swordfish>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 14:05:45 +0900
From:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
	Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/3] zram: use zs_get_huge_class_size_watermark()

On (02/22/16 13:54), Minchan Kim wrote:
[..]
> > well, at the same time zram must not dictate what to do. zram simply spoils
> > zsmalloc; it does not offer guaranteed good compression, and it does not let
> > zsmalloc to do it's job. zram has only excuses to be the way it is.
> > the existing zram->zsmalloc dependency looks worse than zsmalloc->zram to me.
> 
> I don't get it why you think it's zram->zsmalloc dependency.

clearly 'dependency' was simply a wrong word to use, 'enforcement' or 'policy'
are better choices here. but you got my point.

	-ss