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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram index 2e69e83bf510..451b6d882b2c 100644 --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram @@ -22,41 +22,6 @@ Description: device. The reset operation frees all the memory associated with this device. -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_reads -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The num_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of - reads (failed or successful) done on this device. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/num_writes -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The num_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of - writes (failed or successful) done on this device. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/invalid_io -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The invalid_io file is read-only and specifies the number of - non-page-size-aligned I/O requests issued to this device. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_reads -Date: February 2014 -Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> -Description: - The failed_reads file is read-only and specifies the number of - failed reads happened on this device. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/failed_writes -Date: February 2014 -Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> -Description: - The failed_writes file is read-only and specifies the number of - failed writes happened on this device. - What: /sys/block/zram<id>/max_comp_streams Date: February 2014 Contact: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> @@ -73,74 +38,24 @@ Description: available and selected compression algorithms, change compression algorithm selection. -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/notify_free -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The notify_free file is read-only. Depending on device usage - scenario it may account a) the number of pages freed because - of swap slot free notifications or b) the number of pages freed - because of REQ_DISCARD requests sent by bio. The former ones - are sent to a swap block device when a swap slot is freed, which - implies that this disk is being used as a swap disk. The latter - ones are sent by filesystem mounted with discard option, - whenever some data blocks are getting discarded. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/zero_pages -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The zero_pages file is read-only and specifies number of zero - filled pages written to this disk. No memory is allocated for - such pages. - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/orig_data_size -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The orig_data_size file is read-only and specifies uncompressed - size of data stored in this disk. This excludes zero-filled - pages (zero_pages) since no memory is allocated for them. - Unit: bytes - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/compr_data_size -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The compr_data_size file is read-only and specifies compressed - size of data stored in this disk. So, compression ratio can be - calculated using orig_data_size and this statistic. - Unit: bytes - -What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_total -Date: August 2010 -Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> -Description: - The mem_used_total file is read-only and specifies the amount - of memory, including allocator fragmentation and metadata - overhead, allocated for this disk. So, allocator space - efficiency can be calculated using compr_data_size and this - statistic. - Unit: bytes - What: /sys/block/zram<id>/mem_used_max Date: August 2014 Contact: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Description: - The mem_used_max file is read/write and specifies the amount - of maximum memory zram have consumed to store compressed data. - For resetting the value, you should write "0". Otherwise, - you could see -EINVAL. + 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 read/write 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 + 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 @@ -166,3 +81,12 @@ 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. |