linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] Revert "frontswap: simplify frontswap_register

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Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:12:58 +0800
From:   Liu Shixin <liushixin2@...wei.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:     Seth Jennings <sjenning@...hat.com>,
        Dan Streetman <ddstreet@...e.org>,
        Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] Revert "frontswap: simplify
 frontswap_register_ops"



On 2022/9/27 15:27, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 09:42:41AM +0800, Liu Shixin wrote:
>> This revert makes code complicated, but I think it's necessary. When
>> enable zswap, I expect it to work for all swap devices as much as
>> possible.
> But why would expect something to work on a device that has been
> swapped on before?  That's not usually how things work.
>
> .
If not do this, while some user enable swap device first and then enable zswap,
zswap will not take effect. The user need to re-enable the swap device which is
inconvenient.
>