Re: [PATCH] mm: extend zero pages to same element pages for zram

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On (01/13/17 15:23), Minchan Kim wrote:
[..]
> > > Please add same_pages to tail of the stat
> > 
> > sounds ok to me. and yes, can deprecate zero_pages.
> > 
> > seems that with that patch the concept of ZRAM_ZERO disappears. both
> > ZERO and SAME_ELEMENT pages are considered to be the same thing now.
> 
> Right.
> 
> > which is fine and makes sense to me, I think. and if ->.same_pages will
> > replace ->.zero_pages in mm_stat() then I'm also OK. yes, we will see
> > increased number in the last column of mm_stat file, but I don't tend
> > to see any issues here. Minchan, what do you think?
> 
> Could you elaborate a bit? Do you mean this?
> 
>         ret = scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE,
>                         "%8llu %8llu %8llu %8lu %8ld %8llu %8lu\n",
>                         orig_size << PAGE_SHIFT,
>                         (u64)atomic64_read(&zram->stats.compr_data_size),
>                         mem_used << PAGE_SHIFT,
>                         zram->limit_pages << PAGE_SHIFT,
>                         max_used << PAGE_SHIFT,
>                         // (u64)atomic64_read(&zram->stats.zero_pages),
>                         (u64)atomic64_read(&zram->stats.same_pages),
>                         pool_stats.pages_compacted);

yes, correct.

do we need to export it as two different stats (zero_pages and
same_pages), if those are basically same thing internally?

	-ss

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