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authorSergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>2015-04-15 19:16:09 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-04-15 19:35:21 -0400
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tree619cd0a9f363bfccf911f0fe2fe892a5961e9f9b /Documentation/ABI
parent4f2109f60881585dc04fa0b5657a60556576625c (diff)
zram: deprecate zram attrs sysfs nodes
Add Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-block-zram file and list obsolete and deprecated attributes there. The patch also adds additional information to zram documentation and describes the basic strategy: - the existing RW nodes will be downgraded to WO nodes (in 4.11) - deprecated RO sysfs nodes will eventually be removed (in 4.11) Users will be additionally notified about deprecated attr usage by pr_warn_once() (added to every deprecated attr _show()), as suggested by Minchan Kim. User space is advised to use zram<id>/stat, zram<id>/io_stat and zram<id>/mm_stat files. Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Reported-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> 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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1What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_reads
2Date: August 2015
3Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
4Description:
5 The num_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of
6 reads (failed or successful) done on this device.
7 Now accessible via zram<id>/stat node.
8
9What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_writes
10Date: August 2015
11Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
12Description:
13 The num_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of
14 writes (failed or successful) done on this device.
15 Now accessible via zram<id>/stat node.
16
17What: /sys/block/zram<id>/invalid_io
18Date: August 2015
19Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
20Description:
21 The invalid_io file is read-only and specifies the number of
22 non-page-size-aligned I/O requests issued to this device.
23 Now accessible via zram<id>/io_stat node.
24
25What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_reads
26Date: August 2015
27Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
28Description:
29 The failed_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of
30 failed reads happened on this device.
31 Now accessible via zram<id>/io_stat node.
32
33What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_writes
34Date: August 2015
35Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
36Description:
37 The failed_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of
38 failed writes happened on this device.
39 Now accessible via zram<id>/io_stat node.
40
41What: /sys/block/zram<id>/notify_free
42Date: August 2015
43Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
44Description:
45 The notify_free file is read-only. Depending on device usage
46 scenario it may account a) the number of pages freed because
47 of swap slot free notifications or b) the number of pages freed
48 because of REQ_DISCARD requests sent by bio. The former ones
49 are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot is freed, which
50 implies that this disk is being used as a swap disk. The latter
51 ones are sent by filesystem mounted with discard option,
52 whenever some data blocks are getting discarded.
53 Now accessible via zram<id>/io_stat node.
54
55What: /sys/block/zram<id>/zero_pages
56Date: August 2015
57Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
58Description:
59 The zero_pages file is read-only and specifies number of zero
60 filled pages written to this disk. No memory is allocated for
61 such pages.
62 Now accessible via zram<id>/mm_stat node.
63
64What: /sys/block/zram<id>/orig_data_size
65Date: August 2015
66Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
67Description:
68 The orig_data_size file is read-only and specifies uncompressed
69 size of data stored in this disk. This excludes zero-filled
70 pages (zero_pages) since no memory is allocated for them.
71 Unit: bytes
72 Now accessible via zram<id>/mm_stat node.
73
74What: /sys/block/zram<id>/compr_data_size
75Date: August 2015
76Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
77Description:
78 The compr_data_size file is read-only and specifies compressed
79 size of data stored in this disk. So, compression ratio can be
80 calculated using orig_data_size and this statistic.
81 Unit: bytes
82 Now accessible via zram<id>/mm_stat node.
83
84What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_total
85Date: August 2015
86Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
87Description:
88 The mem_used_total file is read-only and specifies the amount
89 of memory, including allocator fragmentation and metadata
90 overhead, allocated for this disk. So, allocator space
91 efficiency can be calculated using compr_data_size and this
92 statistic.
93 Unit: bytes
94 Now accessible via zram<id>/mm_stat node.
95
96What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_max
97Date: August 2015
98Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
99Description:
100 The mem_used_max file is read/write and specifies the amount
101 of maximum memory zram have consumed to store compressed data.
102 For resetting the value, you should write "0". Otherwise,
103 you could see -EINVAL.
104 Unit: bytes
105 Downgraded to write-only node: so it's possible to set new
106 value only; its current value is stored in zram<id>/mm_stat
107 node.
108
109What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_limit
110Date: August 2015
111Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com>
112Description:
113 The mem_limit file is read/write and specifies the maximum
114 amount of memory ZRAM can use to store the compressed data.
115 The limit could be changed in run time and "0" means disable
116 the limit. No limit is the initial state. Unit: bytes
117 Downgraded to write-only node: so it's possible to set new
118 value only; its current value is stored in zram<id>/mm_stat
119 node.