Re: [PATCH v2] zbud: allow up to PAGE_SIZE allocations

Vitaly Wool
2015-09-25T08:27:30Z

> Have you seen those symptoms before? How did you come up to a conclusion
> that zram->zbud will do the trick?

I have data from various tests (partially described here:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/17/244) and once again, I'll post a reply
to https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/15/33 with more detailed test
description and explanation why zsmalloc is not the right choice for
me.

> If those symptoms are some sort of a recent addition, then does it help
> when you disable zsmalloc compaction?

No it doesn't. OTOH enabled zsmalloc compaction doesn't seem to have a
substantial effect either.

~vitaly