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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 15 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt index 2eccddffa6c..393541be1ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt +++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Following shows a typical sequence of steps for using zram. echo 512M > /sys/block/zram0/disksize echo 1G > /sys/block/zram0/disksize +Note: +There is little point creating a zram of greater than twice the size of memory +since we expect a 2:1 compression ratio. Note that zram uses about 0.1% of the +size of the disk when not in use so a huge zram is wasteful. + 3) Activate: mkswap /dev/zram0 swapon /dev/zram0 diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c index c06d7fba423..21aee3edcb2 100644 --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c @@ -535,23 +535,8 @@ static void zram_reset_device(struct zram *zram, bool reset_capacity) static void zram_init_device(struct zram *zram, struct zram_meta *meta) { - if (zram->disksize > 2 * (totalram_pages << PAGE_SHIFT)) { - pr_info( - "There is little point creating a zram of greater than " - "twice the size of memory since we expect a 2:1 compression " - "ratio. Note that zram uses about 0.1%% of the size of " - "the disk when not in use so a huge zram is " - "wasteful.\n" - "\tMemory Size: %lu kB\n" - "\tSize you selected: %llu kB\n" - "Continuing anyway ...\n", - (totalram_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) >> 10, zram->disksize >> 10 - ); - } - /* zram devices sort of resembles non-rotational disks */ queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, zram->disk->queue); - zram->meta = meta; pr_debug("Initialization done!\n"); } |