Re: [PATCH 0/5] Improve zram writeback performance

From: Pankaj Raghav
Date: Tue Sep 19 2023 - 10:20:39 EST


On 2023-09-19 02:33, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> On (23/09/18 15:53), Pankaj Raghav wrote:
>> Gentle ping Minchan and Sergey.
>
> Hello,
>
> zram writeback is currently under (heavy) rework, the series hasn't
> been published yet, but it's in the making for some time already.
> The biggest change is that zram will support compressed writeback,
> that is writeback of compressed objects, as opposed to current design
> when zram de-compresses pages before writeback.
>
Got it. Thanks for the explanation. The compressed writeback also makes
sense as it will save space in the backing device.

> Minchan will have more details, but I guess we'll need to wait for
> that series to land.

This series might not be applicable with the new direction, but anyway I will
keep an eye on the new series from Minchan.