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Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +05301What: /sys/block/zram<id>/disksize
2Date: August 2010
3Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
4Description:
5 The disksize file is read-write and specifies the disk size
6 which represents the limit on the *uncompressed* worth of data
7 that can be stored in this disk.
Bernhard M. Wiedemann51d8a7b2013-08-26 14:55:44 -07008 Unit: bytes
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +05309
10What: /sys/block/zram<id>/initstate
11Date: August 2010
12Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
13Description:
Bernhard M. Wiedemann51d8a7b2013-08-26 14:55:44 -070014 The initstate file is read-only and shows the initialization
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +053015 state of the device.
16
17What: /sys/block/zram<id>/reset
18Date: August 2010
19Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
20Description:
Bernhard M. Wiedemann51d8a7b2013-08-26 14:55:44 -070021 The reset file is write-only and allows resetting the
22 device. The reset operation frees all the memory associated
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +053023 with this device.
24
25What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_reads
26Date: August 2010
27Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
28Description:
29 The num_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of
30 reads (failed or successful) done on this device.
31
32What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_writes
33Date: August 2010
34Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
35Description:
36 The num_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of
37 writes (failed or successful) done on this device.
38
39What: /sys/block/zram<id>/invalid_io
40Date: August 2010
41Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
42Description:
43 The invalid_io file is read-only and specifies the number of
44 non-page-size-aligned I/O requests issued to this device.
45
Sergey Senozhatsky8dd1d322014-04-07 15:38:08 -070046What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_reads
47Date: February 2014
48Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
49Description:
50 The failed_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of
51 failed reads happened on this device.
52
Sergey Senozhatsky8dd1d322014-04-07 15:38:08 -070053What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_writes
54Date: February 2014
55Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
56Description:
57 The failed_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of
58 failed writes happened on this device.
59
Sergey Senozhatskybeca3ec2014-04-07 15:38:14 -070060What: /sys/block/zram<id>/max_comp_streams
61Date: February 2014
62Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
63Description:
64 The max_comp_streams file is read-write and specifies the
65 number of backend's zcomp_strm compression streams (number of
66 concurrent compress operations).
67
Sergey Senozhatskye46b8a02014-04-07 15:38:17 -070068What: /sys/block/zram<id>/comp_algorithm
69Date: February 2014
70Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
71Description:
72 The comp_algorithm file is read-write and lets to show
73 available and selected compression algorithms, change
74 compression algorithm selection.
75
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +053076What: /sys/block/zram<id>/notify_free
77Date: August 2010
78Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
79Description:
80 The notify_free file is read-only and specifies the number of
81 swap slot free notifications received by this device. These
Bernhard M. Wiedemann51d8a7b2013-08-26 14:55:44 -070082 notifications are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +053083 is freed. This statistic is applicable only when this disk is
84 being used as a swap disk.
85
Nitin Guptae98419c2010-08-09 22:56:56 +053086What: /sys/block/zram<id>/zero_pages
87Date: August 2010
88Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
89Description:
90 The zero_pages file is read-only and specifies number of zero
91 filled pages written to this disk. No memory is allocated for
92 such pages.
93
94What: /sys/block/zram<id>/orig_data_size
95Date: August 2010
96Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
97Description:
98 The orig_data_size file is read-only and specifies uncompressed
99 size of data stored in this disk. This excludes zero-filled
100 pages (zero_pages) since no memory is allocated for them.
101 Unit: bytes
102
103What: /sys/block/zram<id>/compr_data_size
104Date: August 2010
105Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
106Description:
107 The compr_data_size file is read-only and specifies compressed
108 size of data stored in this disk. So, compression ratio can be
109 calculated using orig_data_size and this statistic.
110 Unit: bytes
111
112What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_total
113Date: August 2010
114Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
115Description:
116 The mem_used_total file is read-only and specifies the amount
117 of memory, including allocator fragmentation and metadata
118 overhead, allocated for this disk. So, allocator space
119 efficiency can be calculated using compr_data_size and this
120 statistic.
Jesper Juhlf9028312012-07-20 22:35:17 +0200121 Unit: bytes
Minchan Kim9ada9da2014-10-09 15:29:53 -0700122
Minchan Kim461a8ee2014-10-09 15:29:55 -0700123What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_max
124Date: August 2014
125Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
126Description:
127 The mem_used_max file is read/write and specifies the amount
128 of maximum memory zram have consumed to store compressed data.
129 For resetting the value, you should write "0". Otherwise,
130 you could see -EINVAL.
131 Unit: bytes
132
Minchan Kim9ada9da2014-10-09 15:29:53 -0700133What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_limit
134Date: August 2014
135Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
136Description:
137 The mem_limit file is read/write and specifies the maximum
138 amount of memory ZRAM can use to store the compressed data. The
139 limit could be changed in run time and "0" means disable the
140 limit. No limit is the initial state. Unit: bytes