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authorSrividya Desireddy <srividya.dr@samsung.com>2017-12-14 15:32:45 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-12-14 16:00:48 -0800
commit51f73fffbf30b335d036ab356b67b05e16e26585 (patch)
tree575b446ca42261f0c70278640cf58ff4bb15c136 /Documentation/vm
parent3756f6401c302617c5e091081ca4d26ab604bec5 (diff)
Documentation/vm/zswap.txt: update with same-value filled page feature
Update zswap document with details on same-value filled pages identification feature. The usage of zswap.same_filled_pages_enabled module parameter is explained. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171206114852epcms5p6973b02a9f455d5d3c765eafda0fe2631@epcms5p6 Signed-off-by: Srividya Desireddy <srividya.dr@samsung.com> Acked-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/zswap.txt b/Documentation/vm/zswap.txt
index 89fff7d611cc..0b3a1148f9f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/zswap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/vm/zswap.txt
@@ -98,5 +98,25 @@ request is made for a page in an old zpool, it is uncompressed using its
original compressor. Once all pages are removed from an old zpool, the zpool
and its compressor are freed.
+Some of the pages in zswap are same-value filled pages (i.e. contents of the
+page have same value or repetitive pattern). These pages include zero-filled
+pages and they are handled differently. During store operation, a page is
+checked if it is a same-value filled page before compressing it. If true, the
+compressed length of the page is set to zero and the pattern or same-filled
+value is stored.
+
+Same-value filled pages identification feature is enabled by default and can be
+disabled at boot time by setting the "same_filled_pages_enabled" attribute to 0,
+e.g. zswap.same_filled_pages_enabled=0. It can also be enabled and disabled at
+runtime using the sysfs "same_filled_pages_enabled" attribute, e.g.
+
+echo 1 > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/same_filled_pages_enabled
+
+When zswap same-filled page identification is disabled at runtime, it will stop
+checking for the same-value filled pages during store operation. However, the
+existing pages which are marked as same-value filled pages remain stored
+unchanged in zswap until they are either loaded or invalidated.
+
A debugfs interface is provided for various statistic about pool size, number
-of pages stored, and various counters for the reasons pages are rejected.
+of pages stored, same-value filled pages and various counters for the reasons
+pages are rejected.