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@@ -519,15 +519,17 @@ config CMA_AREAS If unsure, leave the default value "7". -config ZBUD - tristate - default n +config MEM_SOFT_DIRTY + bool "Track memory changes" + depends on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE && HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY && PROC_FS + select PROC_PAGE_MONITOR help - A special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. - It is designed to store up to two compressed pages per physical - page. While this design limits storage density, it has simple and - deterministic reclaim properties that make it preferable to a higher - density approach when reclaim will be used. + This option enables memory changes tracking by introducing a + soft-dirty bit on pte-s. This bit it set when someone writes + into a page just as regular dirty bit, but unlike the latter + it can be cleared by hands. + + See Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt for more details. config ZSWAP bool "Compressed cache for swap pages (EXPERIMENTAL)" @@ -549,17 +551,22 @@ config ZSWAP they have not be fully explored on the large set of potential configurations and workloads that exist. -config MEM_SOFT_DIRTY - bool "Track memory changes" - depends on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE && HAVE_ARCH_SOFT_DIRTY && PROC_FS - select PROC_PAGE_MONITOR +config ZPOOL + tristate "Common API for compressed memory storage" + default n help - This option enables memory changes tracking by introducing a - soft-dirty bit on pte-s. This bit it set when someone writes - into a page just as regular dirty bit, but unlike the latter - it can be cleared by hands. + Compressed memory storage API. This allows using either zbud or + zsmalloc. - See Documentation/vm/soft-dirty.txt for more details. +config ZBUD + tristate "Low density storage for compressed pages" + default n + help + A special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. + It is designed to store up to two compressed pages per physical + page. While this design limits storage density, it has simple and + deterministic reclaim properties that make it preferable to a higher + density approach when reclaim will be used. config ZSMALLOC tristate "Memory allocator for compressed pages" |
