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authorMike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2018-03-21 21:22:44 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2018-04-16 14:18:14 -0600
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docs/vm: z3fold.txt: convert to ReST format
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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z3fold
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z3fold is a special purpose allocator for storing compressed pages.
It is designed to store up to three compressed pages per physical page.
@@ -7,6 +10,7 @@ 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:
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* 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
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