From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 696711381F3 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A786E21C089; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C380221C00F for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:51:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A15B21274 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:51:07 -0500 (EST) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:51:07 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.co.uk; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mesmtp; bh=i/ZZTlY42wEg1Krk/KgYUtXA6x8=; b=NQc0cw4Dm2htyAWBou3nXjPgvbwj cubOKMIhnQqXl3E/83y7oMmM/BtlvREILdb3rAJP3/y4ZztdETktJruG4L4ephiD dKKVhyhxZqsVWGekSTpp9CXhQ1gN5k4YsuQLSThRedrK0Lf2smCnxKw2EyCFovff C+EV5ngT4PHHNZY= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=i/ZZTlY42wEg1Krk/KgYUt XA6x8=; b=SR5g3VFjoXwb8TANM/zCB1fi6jqlcHqajU3/uXMCWGGbk9xwXo2x9H bMbQ2h607BvThraaheaSU2s3xQUJizfLfK8klxUF0yD2FmbErdQ2XD7NFlhb8Z8a XE5aVDk1W5Hcbwjkoq9mhd8Xole94Rz8X0CJni3t8BriDvHG80uVc= X-Sasl-enc: BFAdENUNGjvZXSBErmMgXoCBRgC2vy1awx36VRfoIcVF 1353347467 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [94.170.82.148]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id EABA08E015C for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:51:06 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <50AA7187.20400@fastmail.co.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:51:03 +0000 From: Kerin Millar User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.6 (Windows/20121031) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] zcache + frontswap + cleancache: Am I missing something? References: <50A92BFD.5020605@binarywings.net> In-Reply-To: <50A92BFD.5020605@binarywings.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: dfb81809-bff2-421c-ad0c-a0cf9252d9d8 X-Archives-Hash: 64a8c6f9986be4eea7e820465fd7c2cb Florian Philipp wrote: > Hi list! > > I'm wondering about the usage of frontswap and cleancache. Now that all > pieces are in place in kernel-3.5, is it actually used? > > I've found references to cleancache and frontswap in several source > files of the kernel (ext4, swapfile, page_io, ...). > /sys/kernel/mm/zcache is also present but seems to indicate no usage at > all. Content attached below. It might be that you have enabled some of these options as loadable modules: CONFIG_ZCACHE, CONFIG_CLEANCACHE and CONFIG_FRONTSWAP. If so, build them directly into the kernel image instead. Cheers, --Kerin