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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c1513c756 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram @@ -0,0 +1,100 @@ +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/disksize +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The disksize file is read-write and specifies the disk size + which represents the limit on the *uncompressed* worth of data + that can be stored in this disk. + Unit: bytes + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/initstate +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The initstate file is read-only and shows the initialization + state of the device. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/reset +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The reset file is write-only and allows resetting the + device. The reset operation frees all the memory associated + with this device. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/max_comp_streams +Date: February 2014 +Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> +Description: + The max_comp_streams file is read-write and specifies the + number of backend's zcomp_strm compression streams (number of + concurrent compress operations). + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/comp_algorithm +Date: February 2014 +Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> +Description: + The comp_algorithm file is read-write and lets to show + available and selected compression algorithms, change + compression algorithm selection. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_max +Date: August 2014 +Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> +Description: + The mem_used_max file is write-only and is used to reset + the counter of maximum memory zram have consumed to store + compressed data. For resetting the value, you should write + "0". Otherwise, you could see -EINVAL. + Unit: bytes + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_limit +Date: August 2014 +Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> +Description: + The mem_limit file is write-only and specifies the maximum + amount of memory ZRAM can use to store the compressed data. + The limit could be changed in run time and "0" means disable + the limit. No limit is the initial state. Unit: bytes + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/compact +Date: August 2015 +Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> +Description: + The compact file is write-only and trigger compaction for + allocator zrm uses. The allocator moves some objects so that + it could free fragment space. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/io_stat +Date: August 2015 +Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> +Description: + The io_stat file is read-only and accumulates device's I/O + statistics not accounted by block layer. For example, + failed_reads, failed_writes, etc. File format is similar to + block layer statistics file format. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mm_stat +Date: August 2015 +Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> +Description: + The mm_stat file is read-only and represents device's mm + statistics (orig_data_size, compr_data_size, etc.) in a format + similar to block layer statistics file format. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/debug_stat +Date: July 2016 +Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> +Description: + The debug_stat file is read-only and represents various + device's debugging info useful for kernel developers. Its + format is not documented intentionally and may change + anytime without any notice. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/backing_dev +Date: June 2017 +Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> +Description: + The backing_dev file is read-write and set up backing + device for zram to write incompressible pages. + For using, user should enable CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK. |