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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/z3fold.rst b/Documentation/vm/z3fold.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 224e3c61d686..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/vm/z3fold.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -.. _z3fold: - -====== -z3fold -====== - -z3fold is a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages. -It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page. -It is a zbud derivative which allows for higher compression -ratio keeping the simplicity and determinism of its predecessor. - -The main differences between z3fold and zbud are: - -* unlike zbud, z3fold allows for up to PAGE_SIZE allocations -* z3fold can hold up to 3 compressed pages in its page -* z3fold doesn't export any API itself and is thus intended to be used - via the zpool API. - -To keep the determinism and simplicity, z3fold, just like zbud, always -stores an integral number of compressed pages per page, but it can store -up to 3 pages unlike zbud which can store at most 2. Therefore the -compression ratio goes to around 2.7x while zbud's one is around 1.7x. - -Unlike zbud (but like zsmalloc for that matter) z3fold_alloc() does not -return a dereferenceable pointer. Instead, it returns an unsigned long -handle which encodes actual location of the allocated object. - -Keeping effective compression ratio close to zsmalloc's, z3fold doesn't -depend on MMU enabled and provides more predictable reclaim behavior -which makes it a better fit for small and response-critical systems. |