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SubjectRE: [PATCH V0 1/4] kztmem: simplified radix tree data structure support
> A monolithic patch containing all of kztmem, cleancache, and frontswap
> that applies cleanly to 2.6.36 can be found at:
>
> http://oss.oracle.com/projects/tmem/dist/files/kztmem/kztmem-linux-
> 2.6.36-101207.patch
>
> (Or http://oss.oracle.com/projects/tmem and Downloads and kztmem
> patches)
>
> I'm a git novice but can prepare a git tree also if desired.
>
> To try kztmem:
>
> 1) apply the monolithic patch to 2.6.36
> 2) rebuild your config ensuring that CONFIG_KZTMEM, CONFIG_CLEANCACHE,
> CONFIG_FRONTSWAP, and CONFIG_ZRAM (for xvMalloc) become enabled
> 3) rebuild and reboot with "kztmem" as a kernel boot parameter
> 4) see /sys/kernel/mm/kztmem/* for statistics... note that with
> lots of RAM and no swapping, little or no activity will be seen
>
> As I said, there are known weird bugs that may or may not show
> up in your configuration and build environment, so be prepared
> in advance that the kernel may crash... removing kztmem as
> a boot parameter should disable kztmem and result in a normal boot.
>
> Thanks in advance for trying and testing (and, if you are so
> inclined, debugging) kztmem! I'll be happy to answer any
> questions on- or off-list!

FYI, in case anyone was thinking about giving it a spin,
I have just posted an update of the (monolithic) kztmem
patch here:

http://oss.oracle.com/projects/tmem/dist/files/kztmem/kztmem-linux-2.6.36-101207.patch

I think all the weird bugs and crashes are now gone, though I
have some concurrency rework to do after some feedback from
Jeremy Fitzhardinge, and that's not going to happen until
after the holidays. So I am posting this intermediate version
if you want to try it, but please hold off on any detailed
code review until I post v1 to lkml/linux-mm.

Thanks,
Dan


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