linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig

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Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:39:31 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@...il.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and
 allocator in Kconfig

On Sat,  9 Nov 2019 00:51:07 +0100 "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name> wrote:

> The compressed cache for swap pages (zswap) currently needs from 1 to 3
> extra kernel command line parameters in order to make it work: it has to be
> enabled by adding a "zswap.enabled=1" command line parameter and if one
> wants a different compressor or pool allocator than the default lzo / zbud
> combination then these choices also need to be specified on the kernel
> command line in additional parameters.
> 
> Using a different compressor and allocator for zswap is actually pretty
> common as guides often recommend using the lz4 / z3fold pair instead of
> the default one.
> In such case it is also necessary to remember to enable the appropriate
> compression algorithm and pool allocator in the kernel config manually.
> 
> Let's avoid the need for adding these kernel command line parameters and
> automatically pull in the dependencies for the selected compressor
> algorithm and pool allocator by adding an appropriate default switches to
> Kconfig.
> 
> The default values for these options match what the code was using
> previously as its defaults.

Shouldn't there be a Documentation/ update along with this change?