In order to allow zswap users to choose between zbud and zsmalloc for the compressed storage pool, this patch set adds a new api "zpool" that provides an interface to both zbud and zsmalloc. This does not include implementing shrinking in zsmalloc, which will be sent separately. I believe Seth originally was using zsmalloc for swap, but there were concerns about how significant the impact of shrinking zsmalloc would be when zswap had to start reclaiming pages. That still may be an issue, but this at least allows users to choose themselves whether they want a lower-density or higher-density compressed storage medium. At least for situations where zswap reclaim is never or rarely reached, it probably makes sense to use the higher density of zsmalloc. Note this patch set does not change zram to use zpool, although that change should be possible as well. --- Changes since v4 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/6/2/711 -omit first patch, that removed gfp_t param from zpool_malloc() -move function doc from zpool.h to zpool.c -move module usage refcounting into patch that adds zpool -add extra refcounting to prevent driver unregister if in use -add doc clarifying concurrency usage -make zbud/zsmalloc zpool functions static -typo corrections Changes since v3 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/24/130 -In zpool_shrink() use # pages instead of # bytes -Add reclaimed param to zpool_shrink() to indicate to caller # pages actually reclaimed -move module usage counting to zpool, from zbud/zsmalloc -update zbud_zpool_shrink() to call zbud_reclaim_page() in a loop until requested # pages have been reclaimed (or error) Changes since v2 : https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/7/927 -Change zpool to use driver registration instead of hardcoding implementations -Add module use counting in zbud/zsmalloc Changes since v1 https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/19/97 -remove zsmalloc shrinking -change zbud size param type from unsigned int to size_t -remove zpool fallback creation -zswap manually falls back to zbud if specified type fails Dan Streetman (4): mm/zbud: change zbud_alloc size type to size_t mm/zpool: implement common zpool api to zbud/zsmalloc mm/zpool: zbud/zsmalloc implement zpool mm/zpool: update zswap to use zpool include/linux/zbud.h | 2 +- include/linux/zpool.h | 106 +++++++++++++++ mm/Kconfig | 43 +++--- mm/Makefile | 1 + mm/zbud.c | 98 +++++++++++++- mm/zpool.c | 364 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ mm/zsmalloc.c | 84 ++++++++++++ mm/zswap.c | 75 ++++++----- 8 files changed, 722 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/linux/zpool.h create mode 100644 mm/zpool.c -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>