N:1 compression allocator (zsmalloc)
modulename: zsmalloc.ko
configname: CONFIG_ZSMALLOC
Linux Kernel Configuration
└─>Memory Management options
└─>N:1 compression allocator (zsmalloc)
In linux kernel since version 3.1 (release Date: 2011-10-24)
zsmalloc is a slab-based memory allocator designed to store
pages of various compression levels efficiently. It achieves
the highest storage density with the least amount of fragmentation.
pages of various compression levels efficiently. It achieves
the highest storage density with the least amount of fragmentation.