Re: [RFC PATCH V3] zram:calculate available memory when zram is used

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Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 于2021年6月8日周二 下午5:29写道:

>
> On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 08:39:14AM -0700, yongw.pur@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: wangyong <wang.yong12@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > When zram is used, available+Swap free memory is obviously bigger than we
> > actually can use, because zram can compress memory by compression
> > algorithm and zram compressed data will occupy memory too.
> >
> > So, we can count the compression ratio of zram in the kernel. The space
> > will be saved by zram and other swap device are calculated as follows:
> > zram[swapfree - swapfree * compress ratio] + swapdev[swapfree]
> > We can evaluate the available memory of the whole system as:
> > MemAvailable+zram[swapfree - swapfree * compress ratio]+swapdev[swapfree]
>
> Why is this needed to be exported by userspace?  Who is going to use
> this information and why can't they just calculate it from the exported
> information already?

In embedded devices, it is necessary to assess how much memory is available.
If the memory allocation is based on available+swapfree, it may cause oom and
affect the normal use of the devices. And it is more accurate and safe
to calculate
the swap available memory through minimum compression ratio.

Although mm_stat interface provides compressed information,but it is not easy to
get the minimum compression ratio during swaping out. Kernel provides a common
interface, which makes it easier to use and judge the state of system memory

> What tool requires this new information and what is it going to be used
> for?

It can be used in embedded devices to evaluate the memory condition
and avoid causing oom; Also If we wants to know more accurate available
memory information when zram is used.

> And why add a block driver's information to a core proc file?  Shouldn't
> the information only be in the block driver's sysfs directory only?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

I thought it would be better to put it there.
In the first patch, MemAvailable returned with swap available memory, and
David recommended a separate interface.

thanks




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