Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Vitaly Wool
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> So... why don't we just replace zbud with z3fold? (Update the changelog >> to answer this rather obvious question, please!) > > > There was discussion between Seth and

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Vitaly Wool
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> So... why don't we just replace zbud with z3fold? (Update the changelog >> to answer this rather obvious question, please!) > > > There was discussion between Seth and Vitaly on v1.

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Seth Jennings
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool >> wrote: >> >>> This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing >>> compressed

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Seth Jennings
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:28 AM, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: >> >> On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool >> wrote: >> >>> This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing >>> compressed pages. It is designed to store up to

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool wrote: This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page. It is a ZBUD

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-25 Thread Vlastimil Babka
On 04/22/2016 01:22 AM, Andrew Morton wrote: On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool wrote: This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page. It is a ZBUD derivative which

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-21 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool wrote: > This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing > compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per > physical page. It is a ZBUD derivative which allows for higher

Re: [PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-21 Thread Andrew Morton
On Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:48:45 +0200 Vitaly Wool wrote: > This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing > compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per > physical page. It is a ZBUD derivative which allows for higher compression > ratio keeping

[PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-19 Thread Vitaly Wool
This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page. It is a ZBUD derivative which allows for higher compression ratio keeping the simplicity and determinism of its predecessor. The main

[PATCH v2] z3fold: the 3-fold allocator for compressed pages

2016-04-19 Thread Vitaly Wool
This patch introduces z3fold, a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page. It is a ZBUD derivative which allows for higher compression ratio keeping the simplicity and determinism of its predecessor. The main