Re: [RFC PATCH 5/9] mm: zswap: remove zswap_same_filled_pages_enabled

From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Thu Mar 28 2024 - 22:15:42 EST


On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 1:06 PM Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:11 PM Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:50:13PM +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > > There is no logical reason to refuse storing same-filled pages more
> > > efficiently and opt for compression. Remove the userspace knob.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I also think the non_same_filled_pages_enabled option should go
> > away. Both of these tunables are pretty bizarre.
>
> Happy to remove both in the next version :)

I thought non_same_filled_pages_enabled was introduced with the
initial support for same-filled pages, but it was introduced
separately (and much more recently):
https://lore.kernel.org/all/7dbafa963e8bab43608189abbe2067f4b9287831.1641247624.git.maciej.szmigiero@xxxxxxxxxx/

I am CCing Maciej to hear more about the use case for this.

>
> Thanks!