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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] swap: send callback when swap slot is freed
    On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Nitin Gupta wrote:
    > On 08/13/2009 04:18 AM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
    >
    > > But fundamentally, though I can see how this cutdown communication
    > > path is useful to compcache, I'd much rather deal with it by the more
    > > general discard route if we can.
    >
    > I tried this too -- make discard bio request as soon as a swap slot becomes
    > free (I can send details if you want). However, I could not get it to work.

    I'll send you an updated version of what I experimented with eight
    months ago: but changes in the swap_map count handling since then
    mean that it might need some subtle adjustments - I'll need to go
    over it carefully and retest before sending you.

    (But that won't be a waste of my time: I shall soon need to try
    that experiment again myself, and I do need to examine those
    intervening swap_map count changes more closely.)

    > Also, allocating bio to issue discard I/O request looks like a complete
    > artifact in compcache case.

    Yes, I do understand that feeling.

    Hugh


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