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authorMinchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>2017-09-06 19:20:10 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-09-06 20:27:25 -0400
commit5a47074f0279421778f97b1b1e75686696a5f42a (patch)
treefd81ff3aaa8a707428ba2daadb66fc2c6b28c297 /Documentation/blockdev
parent8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 (diff)
zram: add config and doc file for writeback feature
This patch adds document and kconfig for using of writeback feature. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1498459987-24562-10-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Juneho Choi <juno.choi@lge.com> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 4fced8a21307..257e65714c6a 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ max_comp_streams RW the number of possible concurrent compress operations
168comp_algorithm RW show and change the compression algorithm 168comp_algorithm RW show and change the compression algorithm
169compact WO trigger memory compaction 169compact WO trigger memory compaction
170debug_stat RO this file is used for zram debugging purposes 170debug_stat RO this file is used for zram debugging purposes
171backing_dev RW set up backend storage for zram to write out
171 172
172 173
173User space is advised to use the following files to read the device statistics. 174User space is advised to use the following files to read the device statistics.
@@ -231,5 +232,15 @@ line of text and contains the following stats separated by whitespace:
231 resets the disksize to zero. You must set the disksize again 232 resets the disksize to zero. You must set the disksize again
232 before reusing the device. 233 before reusing the device.
233 234
235* Optional Feature
236
237= writeback
238
239With incompressible pages, there is no memory saving with zram.
240Instead, with CONFIG_ZRAM_WRITEBACK, zram can write incompressible page
241to backing storage rather than keeping it in memory.
242User should set up backing device via /sys/block/zramX/backing_dev
243before disksize setting.
244
234Nitin Gupta 245Nitin Gupta
235ngupta@vflare.org 246ngupta@vflare.org