linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 5/9] mm: zswap: remove zswap_same_filled_pages

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:34:15 -0700
From: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
To: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, 
	Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/9] mm: zswap: remove zswap_same_filled_pages_enabled

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 7:44 PM Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev> wrote:
>
> On 2024/3/26 07:50, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > There is no logical reason to refuse storing same-filled pages more
> > efficiently and opt for compression. Remove the userspace knob.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
>
> LGTM, should we also remove zswap_non_same_filled_pages_enabled?
> Not sure if it has real usage...

I am not aware of usages, but in theory you can use it if you
exclusively use zswap to optimize swapping zero-filled pages. Not sure
if anyone actually does that though. We can remove it if everyone else
agrees.

>
> Reviewed-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>

Thanks!