zram: make compression algorithm selection possible
Add and document `comp_algorithm' device attribute. This attribute allows to show supported compression and currently selected compression algorithms: cat /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm [lzo] lz4 and change selected compression algorithm: echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@redhat.com> Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -42,7 +42,21 @@ will not take any effect, because single stream compression backend implemented
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as a special case and does not support dynamic max_comp_streams. Only multi
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stream backend supports dynamic max_comp_streams adjustment.
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3) Set Disksize
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3) Select compression algorithm
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Using comp_algorithm device attribute one can see available and
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currently selected (shown in square brackets) compression algortithms,
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change selected compression algorithm (once the device is initialised
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there is no way to change compression algorithm).
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Examples:
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#show supported compression algorithms
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cat /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
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lzo [lz4]
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#select lzo compression algorithm
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echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
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4) Set Disksize
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Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'.
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The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
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Examples:
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@@ -59,14 +73,14 @@ There is little point creating a zram of greater than twice the size of memory
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since we expect a 2:1 compression ratio. Note that zram uses about 0.1% of the
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size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful.
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4) Activate:
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5) Activate:
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mkswap /dev/zram0
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swapon /dev/zram0
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mkfs.ext4 /dev/zram1
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mount /dev/zram1 /tmp
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5) Stats:
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6) Stats:
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Per-device statistics are exported as various nodes under
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/sys/block/zram<id>/
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disksize
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@@ -81,11 +95,11 @@ size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful.
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compr_data_size
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mem_used_total
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6) Deactivate:
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7) Deactivate:
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swapoff /dev/zram0
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umount /dev/zram1
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7) Reset:
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8) Reset:
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Write any positive value to 'reset' sysfs node
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echo 1 > /sys/block/zram0/reset
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echo 1 > /sys/block/zram1/reset
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