Re: [RFC][PATCH -mm] swsusp: Use rbtree for tracking allocated swap

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Sun Apr 08 2007 - 08:57:02 EST


Hi!

> Some time ago we discussed the possibility of simplifying the swsusp's approach
> towards tracking the swap pages allocated by it for saving the image (so that
> they can be freed if there's an error).
>
> I think we can get back to it now, as it is a nice optimization that should
> allow us to use less memory (almost always) and improve performance a bit.
>

Well, I do not think you can measure the difference, but...

> kernel/power/power.h | 27 +---------
> kernel/power/swap.c | 18 +-----
> kernel/power/swsusp.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> kernel/power/user.c | 22 +-------
> 4 files changed, 85 insertions(+), 117 deletions(-)

....as it removes code... I think we can do that. But it is 2.6.23+
material.

Pavel
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