#!/bin/bash # This script does the following: # zramswap start: # Space is assigned to the zram device, then swap is initialized and enabled. # zramswap stop: # Somewhat potentially dangerous, removes zram module at the end # https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt readonly CONFIG="/etc/default/zramswap" readonly SWAP_DEV="/dev/zram0" if command -v logger >/dev/null; then function elog { logger -s "Error: $*" exit 1 } function wlog { logger -s "$*" } else function elog { echo "Error: $*" exit 1 } function wlog { echo "$*" } fi function start { wlog "Starting Zram" # Load config test -r "${CONFIG}" || wlog "Cannot read config from ${CONFIG} continuing with defaults." source "${CONFIG}" 2>/dev/null # Set defaults if not specified : "${ALGO:=lz4}" "${SIZE:=256}" "${PRIORITY:=100}" SIZE=$((SIZE * 1024 * 1024)) # convert amount from MiB to bytes # Prefer percent if it is set if [ -n "${PERCENT}" ]; then readonly TOTAL_MEMORY=$(awk '/MemTotal/{print $2}' /proc/meminfo) # in KiB readonly SIZE="$((TOTAL_MEMORY * 1024 * PERCENT / 100))" fi modprobe zram || elog "inserting the zram kernel module" echo -n "${ALGO}" > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm || elog "setting compression algo to ${ALGO}" echo -n "${SIZE}" > /sys/block/zram0/disksize || elog "setting zram device size to ${SIZE}" mkswap "${SWAP_DEV}" || elog "initialising swap device" swapon -p "${PRIORITY}" "${SWAP_DEV}" || elog "enabling swap device" } function status { test -x "$(which zramctl)" || elog "install zramctl for this feature" test -b "${SWAP_DEV}" || elog "${SWAP_DEV} doesn't exist" # old zramctl doesn't have --output-all #zramctl --output-all zramctl "${SWAP_DEV}" } function stop { wlog "Stopping Zram" test -b "${SWAP_DEV}" || wlog "${SWAP_DEV} doesn't exist" swapoff "${SWAP_DEV}" 2>/dev/null || wlog "disabling swap device: ${SWAP_DEV}" modprobe -r zram || elog "removing zram module from kernel" } function usage { cat << EOF Usage: zramswap (start|stop|restart|status) EOF } case "$1" in start) start;; stop) stop;; restart) stop && start;; status) status;; "") usage;; *) elog "Unknown option $1";; esac