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| author |   Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com> | 2021-11-05 13:45:15 -0700 |
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| committer |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-11-06 13:30:43 -0700 |
| commit | 755804d16965888bb069a4cd39005b97ba9e11fd (patch) | |
| tree | 642622af94a81db22061b71f856b1377342224d8 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
| parent | zram: off by one in read_block_state() (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-755804d16965888bb069a4cd39005b97ba9e11fd.tar.xz linux-dev-755804d16965888bb069a4cd39005b97ba9e11fd.zip | |
zram: introduce an aged idle interface
This change introduces an aged idle interface to the existing idle sysfs
file for zram.
When CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING is enabled the idle file now also
accepts an integer argument. This integer is the age (in seconds) of
pages to mark as idle. The idle file still supports 'all' as it always
has. This new approach allows for much more control over which pages
get marked as idle.
[bgeffon@google.com: use IS_ENABLED and cleanup comment]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210924161128.1508015-1-bgeffon@google.com
[bgeffon@google.com: Sergey's cleanup suggestions]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210929143056.13067-1-bgeffon@google.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210923130115.1344361-1-bgeffon@google.com
Signed-off-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>
Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@chromium.org>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Cc: Jesse Barnes <jsbarnes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst index 700329d25f57..3e11926a4df9 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.rst @@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ as idle:: From now on, any pages on zram are idle pages. The idle mark will be removed until someone requests access of the block. IOW, unless there is access request, those pages are still idle pages. +Additionally, when CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING is enabled pages can be +marked as idle based on how long (in seconds) it's been since they were +last accessed:: + + echo 86400 > /sys/block/zramX/idle + +In this example all pages which haven't been accessed in more than 86400 +seconds (one day) will be marked idle. Admin can request writeback of those idle pages at right timing via:: |