Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-02-01 Thread Seth Jennings
On 02/01/2013 09:31 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: > On 01/31/2013 08:38 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: >>> On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: > zswap is a thin

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-02-01 Thread Seth Jennings
On 01/31/2013 08:38 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: > On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: >> On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: >>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-02-01 Thread Seth Jennings
On 01/31/2013 08:38 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-02-01 Thread Seth Jennings
On 02/01/2013 09:31 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: On 01/31/2013 08:38 PM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Minchan Kim
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: > On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: > >> zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives > >> pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Robert Jennings
* Seth Jennings (sjenn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote: > On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: > >> zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives > >> pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Seth Jennings
On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: >> zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives >> pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed >> memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Seth Jennings
On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory reclaim

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Robert Jennings
* Seth Jennings (sjenn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote: On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-31 Thread Minchan Kim
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 01:06:46PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: On 01/31/2013 01:07 AM, Minchan Kim wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-30 Thread Minchan Kim
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: > zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives > pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed > memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory reclaim and > dramatically reduced swap device

Re: [PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-30 Thread Minchan Kim
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 03:40:23PM -0600, Seth Jennings wrote: zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory reclaim and dramatically reduced swap device I/O.

[PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-29 Thread Seth Jennings
zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory reclaim and dramatically reduced swap device I/O. Additionally, in most cases, pages can be retrieved from this

[PATCHv4 3/7] zswap: add to mm/

2013-01-29 Thread Seth Jennings
zswap is a thin compression backend for frontswap. It receives pages from frontswap and attempts to store them in a compressed memory pool, resulting in an effective partial memory reclaim and dramatically reduced swap device I/O. Additionally, in most cases, pages can be retrieved from this