Re: Can Kernel Compression Code make Sense?

Stefan Monnier (monnier+lists/linux/kernel/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU)
21 Feb 1998 13:37:49 -0500

"*Vic* P. Franck" <vic@kcs.de> writes:
> Furhter, in general the compression ratio of user data should be
> better compared to process storage.

Not necessarily. Most of the content of the swap is data structures which
contain pointers, integers, floats, strings and so on. Each of those can be
made to compress fairly well. But the compressor needs to know what it's
compressing.

Stefan

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