From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
cerasuolodomenico@gmail.com, yosryahmed@google.com,
sjenning@redhat.com, ddstreet@ieee.org, vitaly.wool@konsulko.com,
linux-mm@kvack.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zswap: change zswap's default allocator to zsmalloc
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 00:29:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZRKIRyYYkAbJ5uOP@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230908235115.2943486-1-nphamcs@gmail.com>
On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 04:51:15PM -0700, Nhat Pham wrote:
> Out of zswap's 3 allocators, zsmalloc is the clear superior in terms of
> memory utilization, both in theory and as observed in practice, with its
> high storage density and low internal fragmentation. zsmalloc is also
> more actively developed and maintained, since it is the allocator of
> choice for zswap for many users, as well as the only allocator for zram.
Dumb question from an outside, why do we then even keep the other
two allocators around?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-26 7:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-08 23:51 [PATCH] zswap: change zswap's default allocator to zsmalloc Nhat Pham
2023-09-11 16:05 ` Johannes Weiner
2023-09-11 18:19 ` Yosry Ahmed
2023-09-26 7:29 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-09-26 20:06 ` Nhat Pham
2023-09-26 21:26 ` Johannes Weiner
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