NAME

SYNOPSIS

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]

DESCRIPTION

If no option is given, all non-zero size zram devices are shown.

OPTIONS

-a, --algorithm lzo|lz4

Set the compression algorithm to be used for compressing data in the zram device.

-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.

--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 one stream.

-V, --version

Display version information and exit.

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

RETURN VALUE

FILES

/dev/zram[0..N]

zram block devices

EXAMPLE

# zramctl --find --size 1024M
/dev/zram0
# mkswap /dev/zram0
# swapon /dev/zram0
 ...
# swapoff /dev/zram0
# zramctl --reset /dev/zram0
    

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

Timofey Titovets <nefelim4ag@gmail.com>
Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>

AVAILABILITY