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@@ -5,33 +5,35 @@ Project home: http://compcache.googlecode.com/
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* Introduction
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-The zram module creates RAM based block devices: /dev/ramX (X = 0, 1, ...).
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-Pages written to these disks are compressed and stored in memory itself.
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-These disks allow very fast I/O and compression provides good amounts of
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-memory savings.
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+The zram module creates RAM based block devices named /dev/zram<id>
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+(<id> = 0, 1, ...). Pages written to these disks are compressed and stored
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+in memory itself. These disks allow very fast I/O and compression provides
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+good amounts of memory savings. Some of the usecases include /tmp storage,
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+use as swap disks, various caches under /var and maybe many more :)
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-See project home for use cases, performance numbers and a lot more.
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-
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-Individual zram devices are configured and initialized using zramconfig
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-userspace utility as shown in examples below. See zramconfig man page for
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-more details.
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+Statistics for individual zram devices are exported through sysfs nodes at
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+/sys/block/zram<id>/
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* Usage
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Following shows a typical sequence of steps for using zram.
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-1) Load Modules:
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+1) Load Module:
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modprobe zram num_devices=4
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- This creates 4 (uninitialized) devices: /dev/zram{0,1,2,3}
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+ This creates 4 devices: /dev/zram{0,1,2,3}
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(num_devices parameter is optional. Default: 1)
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-2) Initialize:
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- Use zramconfig utility to configure and initialize individual
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- zram devices. For example:
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- zramconfig /dev/zram0 --init # uses default value of disksize_kb
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- zramconfig /dev/zram1 --disksize_kb=102400 # 100MB /dev/zram1
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+2) Set Disksize (Optional):
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+ Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'
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+ (in bytes). If disksize is not given, default value of 25%
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+ of RAM is used.
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+
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+ # Initialize /dev/zram0 with 50MB disksize
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+ echo $((50*1024*1024)) > /sys/block/zram0/disksize
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- *See zramconfig man page for more details and examples*
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+ NOTE: disksize cannot be changed if the disk contains any
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+ data. So, for such a disk, you need to issue 'reset' (see below)
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+ before you can change its disksize.
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3) Activate:
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mkswap /dev/zram0
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@@ -41,17 +43,29 @@ Following shows a typical sequence of steps for using zram.
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mount /dev/zram1 /tmp
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4) Stats:
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- zramconfig /dev/zram0 --stats
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- zramconfig /dev/zram1 --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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+ num_reads
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+ num_writes
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+ invalid_io
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+ notify_free
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+ discard
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+ zero_pages
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+ orig_data_size
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+ compr_data_size
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+ mem_used_total
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5) Deactivate:
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swapoff /dev/zram0
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umount /dev/zram1
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6) Reset:
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- zramconfig /dev/zram0 --reset
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- zramconfig /dev/zram1 --reset
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- (This frees memory allocated for the given device).
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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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+
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+ (This frees all the memory allocated for the given device).
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Please report any problems at:
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