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Creates per-device sysfs nodes in /sys/block/zram<id>/
Currently following stats are exported:
- disksize
- num_reads
- num_writes
- invalid_io
- zero_pages
- orig_data_size
- compr_data_size
- mem_used_total
By default, disksize is set to 0. So, to start using
a zram device, fist write a disksize value and then
initialize device by writing any positive value to
initstate. For example:
# initialize /dev/zram0 with 50MB disksize
echo 50*1024*1024 | bc > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
echo 1 > /sys/block/zram0/initstate
When done using a disk, issue reset to free its memory
by writing any positive value to reset node:
echo 1 > /sys/block/zram0/reset
This change also obviates the need for 'rzscontrol' utility.
Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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config ZRAM
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tristate "Compressed RAM block device support"
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depends on BLOCK
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select LZO_COMPRESS
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select LZO_DECOMPRESS
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default n
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help
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Creates virtual block devices called /dev/zramX (X = 0, 1, ...).
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Pages written to these disks are compressed and stored in memory
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itself. These disks allow very fast I/O and compression provides
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good amounts of memory savings.
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It has several use cases, for example: /tmp storage, use as swap
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disks and maybe many more.
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See zram.txt for more information.
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Project home: http://compcache.googlecode.com/
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