[PATCH] Docs/admin-guide/mm/zswap: remove a paragraph about zswap being a new feature

David Heidelberg posted 1 patch 3 years, 5 months ago
Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst | 8 +-------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
[PATCH] Docs/admin-guide/mm/zswap: remove a paragraph about zswap being a new feature
Posted by David Heidelberg 3 years, 5 months ago
Nine years have passed since Linux 3.11.

Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
index 6e6f7b0d6562..f67de481c7f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
@@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ for potentially reduced swap I/O.  This trade-off can also result in a
 significant performance improvement if reads from the compressed cache are
 faster than reads from a swap device.
 
-.. note::
-   Zswap is a new feature as of v3.11 and interacts heavily with memory
-   reclaim.  This interaction has not been fully explored on the large set of
-   potential configurations and workloads that exist.  For this reason, zswap
-   is a work in progress and should be considered experimental.
-
-   Some potential benefits:
+Some potential benefits:
 
 * Desktop/laptop users with limited RAM capacities can mitigate the
   performance impact of swapping.
-- 
2.35.1
Re: [PATCH] Docs/admin-guide/mm/zswap: remove a paragraph about zswap being a new feature
Posted by Jonathan Corbet 3 years, 5 months ago
David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz> writes:

> Nine years have passed since Linux 3.11.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Heidelberg <david@ixit.cz>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst | 8 +-------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
> index 6e6f7b0d6562..f67de481c7f6 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/zswap.rst
> @@ -14,13 +14,7 @@ for potentially reduced swap I/O.  This trade-off can also result in a
>  significant performance improvement if reads from the compressed cache are
>  faster than reads from a swap device.
>  
> -.. note::
> -   Zswap is a new feature as of v3.11 and interacts heavily with memory
> -   reclaim.  This interaction has not been fully explored on the large set of
> -   potential configurations and workloads that exist.  For this reason, zswap
> -   is a work in progress and should be considered experimental.
> -
> -   Some potential benefits:
> +Some potential benefits:
>  

Applied, thanks.

jon