linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: ghost swapfile support for zswap

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Message-ID: <7665130c511e3cd00f83e8b14de2b78e08830887.camel@surriel.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:52:37 -0500
From: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
To: Chris Li <chrisl@...nel.org>, Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Kairui Song
 <kasong@...cent.com>,  Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>, Nhat Pham
 <nphamcs@...il.com>, Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>,  Barry Song
 <baohua@...nel.org>, Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>, Chengming Zhou	
 <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 	pratmal@...gle.com, sweettea@...gle.com,
 gthelen@...gle.com, weixugc@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] mm: ghost swapfile support for zswap

On Wed, 2025-11-26 at 23:22 +0400, Chris Li wrote:
> 
> That being said, I think I have answered enough technical questions
> of
> my approach, to let you re-consider my proposal. You should be able
> to
> realize by now my approach is more optimal compared to VS. Do you
> agree or not? We are just arguing how big the gap that is.
> 

We would have much more confidence in your
solution if you had told us exactly how
you were planning to solve things in future
stages of the project.

A "I'll solve it, but I can't tell you how"
is not very confidence inspiring.

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