Re: [PATCH 3/3] zram: use common zpool interface

[Sergey Senozhatsky]

On (10/14/19 13:52), Vitaly Wool wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 12:49 PM Sergey Senozhatsky
> <sergey.senozhatsky.work@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On (10/10/19 23:20), Vitaly Wool wrote:
> > [..]
> > >  static const char *default_compressor = "lzo-rle";
> > >
> > > +#define BACKEND_PAR_BUF_SIZE 32
> > > +static char backend_par_buf[BACKEND_PAR_BUF_SIZE];
> >
> > We can have multiple zram devices (zram0 .. zramN), I guess it
> > would make sense not to force all devices to use one particular
> > allocator (e.g. see comp_algorithm_store()).
> >
> > If the motivation for the patch set is that zsmalloc does not
> > perform equally well for various data access patterns, then the
> > same is true for any other allocator. Thus, I think, we need to
> > have a per-device 'allocator' knob.
> 
> We were thinking here in per-SoC terms basically, but this is a valid
> point. Since zram has a well-established sysfs per-device
> configuration interface, backend choice better be moved there. Agree?

Yup, sysfs per-device knob.

// Given that Minchan is OK with the patch set.

	-ss