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author | Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> | 2010-08-09 19:26:56 +0200 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2010-09-01 00:34:36 +0200 |
commit | e98419c23b1a189c932775f7833e94cb5230a16b (patch) | |
tree | 51751a7eb7fafb2137b52fdb6ff7b767e0906907 /Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram | |
parent | Staging: zram: Replace ioctls with sysfs interface (diff) | |
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Staging: zram: Document sysfs entries
Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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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 000000000000..c8b3b48ec62c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block-zram @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +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. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/initstate +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The disksize 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 disksize file is write-only and allows resetting the + device. The reset operation frees all the memory assocaited + 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>/notify_free +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The notify_free file is read-only and specifies the number of + swap slot free notifications received by this device. These + notifications are send to a swap block device when a swap slot + is freed. This statistic is applicable only when this disk is + being used as a swap disk. + +What: /sys/block/zram<id>/discard +Date: August 2010 +Contact: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> +Description: + The discard file is read-only and specifies the number of + discard requests received by this device. These requests + provide information to block device regarding blocks which are + no longer used by filesystem. + +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
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