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@@ -488,6 +488,26 @@ config ZBUD deterministic reclaim properties that make it preferable to a higher density approach when reclaim will be used. +config ZSWAP + bool "Compressed cache for swap pages (EXPERIMENTAL)" + depends on FRONTSWAP && CRYPTO=y + select CRYPTO_LZO + select ZBUD + default n + help + A lightweight compressed cache for swap pages. It takes + pages that are in the process of being swapped out and attempts to + compress them into a dynamically allocated RAM-based memory pool. + This can result in a significant I/O reduction on swap device and, + in the case where decompressing from RAM is faster that swap device + reads, can also improve workload performance. + + This is marked experimental because it is a new feature (as of + v3.11) that interacts heavily with memory reclaim. While these + interactions don't cause any known issues on simple memory setups, + 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 |
