Re: [PATCH 1/2] [mmotm] Add notifiers for various swap events

Andi Kleen
2009-12-28T17:29:09Z

> > The first question to ask is if compressed swap is worth
> > it. Do you have benchmark numbers showing it to be an improvement?
> > Are there cases where it is slower than uncompressed swap?
> >
>
> http://code.google.com/p/compcache/wiki/Performance

That should be included in the changelog of the patches.

> ramzswap is an optional module.

I have some doubts on the wisdom of making swap algorithms modular.
Better compile them in. Then you don't need messy notifiers either.

-Andi

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