Get info:
zramctl [options]
Reset zram:
zramctl -r zramdev...
Print name of first unused zram device:
zramctl -f
Set up a zram device:
zramctl [-f | zramdev] [-s size] [-t number] [-a algorithm]
ОПИСАНИЕ
zramctl is used to quickly set up zram device parameters, to
reset zram devices, and to query the status of used zram devices.
If no option is given, all non-zero size zram devices are shown.
Note that zramdev node specified on command line has to already
exist. The command zramctl creates a new /dev/zram<N> nodes only
when --find option specified. It’s possible (and common) that
after system boot /dev/zram<N> nodes are not created yet.
ПАРАМЕТРЫ
-a, --algorithm lzo|lz4|lz4hc|deflate|842|zstd
Set the compression algorithm to be used for compressing data
in the zram device.
The list of supported algorithms could be inaccurate as it
depends on the current kernel configuration. A basic overview
can be obtained by using the command "cat
/sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm"; however, please note that
this list might also be incomplete. This is due to the fact
that ZRAM utilizes the Crypto API, and if certain algorithms
were built as modules, it becomes impossible to enumerate all
of them.
-f, --find
Find the first unused zram device. If a --size argument is
present, then initialize the device.
-n, --noheadings
Do not print a header line in status output.
-o, --output list
Define the status output columns to be used. If no output
arrangement is specified, then a default set is used. Use
--help to get a list of all supported columns.
--output-all
Output all available columns.
--raw
Use the raw format for status output.
-r, --reset
Reset the options of the specified zram device(s). Zram
device settings can be changed only after a reset.
-s, --size size
Create a zram device of the specified size. Zram devices are
aligned to memory pages; when the requested size is not a
multiple of the page size, it will be rounded up to the next
multiple. When not otherwise specified, the unit of the size
parameter is bytes.
The size argument may be followed by the multiplicative
suffixes KiB (=1024), MiB (=1024*1024), and so on for GiB,
TiB, PiB, EiB, ZiB and YiB (the "iB" is optional, e.g., "K"
has the same meaning as "KiB") or the suffixes KB (=1000), MB
(=1000*1000), and so on for GB, TB, PB, EB, ZB and YB.
-t, --streams number
Set the maximum number of compression streams that can be
used for the device. The default is use all CPUs and one
stream for kernels older than 4.6.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
-V, --version
Print version and exit.
СТАТУС ВЫХОДА
zramctl returns 0 on success, nonzero on failure.
ФАЙЛЫ
/dev/zram[0..N]
zram block devices
ПРИМЕР
The following commands set up a zram device with a size of one
gigabyte and use it as swap device.
# zramctl --find --size 1024M
/dev/zram0
# mkswap /dev/zram0
# swapon /dev/zram0
...
# swapoff /dev/zram0
# zramctl --reset /dev/zram0
АВТОРЫ
Timofey Titovets <nefelim4ag@gmail.com>, Karel Zak
<kzak@redhat.com>
The zramctl command is part of the util-linux package which can
be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
<https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>. This page
is part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux
utilities) project. Information about the project can be found at
⟨https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/⟩. If you have
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