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-rw-r--r--Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt5
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c15
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 2eccddffa6c8..393541be1ec0 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 c06d7fba4237..21aee3edcb25 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");
}