RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-15 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Seth Jennings [mailto:sjenn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > On 03/14/2013 01:54 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > >> From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > >> Subject: Re: zsmalloc

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-15 Thread Seth Jennings
gt;> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Bob Liu; Luigi Semenzato; Mel Gorman >> Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics >> >> * Bob (bob@oracle.com) wrote: >>> On 03/14/2013 06:59 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: >>>> On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Mage

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-15 Thread Seth Jennings
gt;> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Bob Liu; Luigi Semenzato; Mel Gorman >> Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics >> >> * Bob (bob@oracle.com) wrote: >>> On 03/14/2013 06:59 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: >>>> On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Mage

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-14 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Dan Magenheimer > Subject: RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > > > I would welcome ideas on how to evaluate workloads for > > > "representativeness". Personally I don't believe we should > > > be making decisions about se

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-14 Thread Dan Magenheimer
rman > Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > * Bob (bob@oracle.com) wrote: > > On 03/14/2013 06:59 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: > > >On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > >>>From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-14 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Seth Jennings [mailto:sjenn...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics Hi Seth -- Thanks for the reply. I think it is very important to be having these conversations. > >>> 2) When not full and especially when nearly-empty _after_ &

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-14 Thread Robert Jennings
* Bob (bob@oracle.com) wrote: > On 03/14/2013 06:59 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: > >On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > >>>From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > >>>Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > >> &

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-14 Thread Bob
On 03/14/2013 06:59 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics Hi Robert -- Thanks for the well-considered reply! * Dan Magenheimer (dan.magenhei

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-13 Thread Seth Jennings
On 03/13/2013 03:02 PM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: >> From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] >> Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > Hi Robert -- > > Thanks for the well-considered reply! > >> * Dan Magenheimer (dan.magenhei

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-13 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Robert Jennings [mailto:r...@linux.vnet.ibm.com] > Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics Hi Robert -- Thanks for the well-considered reply! > * Dan Magenheimer (dan.magenhei...@oracle.com) wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > I've been doing som

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-13 Thread Seth Jennings
On 03/13/2013 10:33 AM, Seth Jennings wrote: > The periodic writeback that Rob mentions would go something like this > for zswap: > > --- > mm/filemap.c |3 +-- > mm/zswap.c | 63 > +- > 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 7 deletion

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-13 Thread Seth Jennings
The periodic writeback that Rob mentions would go something like this for zswap: --- mm/filemap.c |3 +-- mm/zswap.c | 63 +- 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 83efee7..

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-13 Thread Robert Jennings
* Dan Magenheimer (dan.magenhei...@oracle.com) wrote: > Hi all -- > > I've been doing some experimentation on zsmalloc in preparation > for my topic proposed for LSFMM13 and have run across some > perplexing limitations. Those familiar with the intimate details > of zsmalloc might be well aware o

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-03-04 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Ric Mason [mailto:ric.mas...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > On 02/28/2013 07:24 AM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: > > Hi all -- > > > > I've been doing some experimentation on zsmalloc in preparation > > for my topic

Re: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-02-28 Thread Ric Mason
On 02/28/2013 07:24 AM, Dan Magenheimer wrote: Hi all -- I've been doing some experimentation on zsmalloc in preparation for my topic proposed for LSFMM13 and have run across some perplexing limitations. Those familiar with the intimate details of zsmalloc might be well aware of these limitatio

RE: zsmalloc limitations and related topics

2013-02-28 Thread Dan Magenheimer
> From: Dan Magenheimer > Subject: zsmalloc limitations and related topics > > WORKLOAD ANALYSIS > : > 1) The average page compressed by almost a factor of six >(mean zsize == 694, stddev == 474) > 2) Almost eleven percent of the pages were zero pages. A >zero page compresses to 28 byte