On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 1:20 PM Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM Yu Zhao <yuzhao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 6:58 AM Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Zswap uses 32 pools to workaround the locking scalability problem in > > > zsmalloc, > > > > Note that zpool can have other backends (zbud, z3fold), and the > > original patch was developed (even before zswap could use zsmalloc) to > > make sure it works for all the backend. > > > > This patch only makes sense now only because zsmalloc became a lot > > more popular than other backends (even though some distros still > > default to zbud). > > And this might also have answered Yosry's question about the > "historical context" here [1]. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/CAJD7tkbO+ZLdhs-9BpthztZX32i8C4=QEnoiXGS7bM399nqwzg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ It does, thanks.
