linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] mm: Introduce per-thpsize swapin control policy

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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:27:46 +0800
From: Chuanhua Han <chuanhuahan@...il.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, 
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] mm: Introduce per-thpsize swapin control policy

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> 于2024年7月30日周二 00:11写道：
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 04:52:30AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > I strongly disagree.  Use the same sysctl as the other anonymous memory
> > allocations.
>
> I agree with Matthew here.
>
> We also really need to stop optimizing for this weird zram case and move
> people to zswap instead after fixing the various issues.  A special
> block device that isn't really a block device and needs various special
> hooks isn't the right abstraction for different zwap strategies.
I disagree, zram is most popular in embedded systems (like Android).
>
>


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Thanks,
Chuanhua