Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] staging: zcache: xcfmalloc support

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On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 09:09:04AM -0500, Seth Jennings wrote:
> Changelog:
> v2: fix bug in find_remove_block()
>     fix whitespace warning at EOF
> 
> This patchset introduces a new memory allocator for persistent
> pages for zcache.  The current allocator is xvmalloc.  xvmalloc
> has two notable limitations:
> * High (up to 50%) external fragmentation on allocation sets > PAGE_SIZE/2
> * No compaction support which reduces page reclaimation

I need some acks from other zcache developers before I can accept this.

{hint...}

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