Minchan Kim cd67e10ac6 zram: promote zram from staging ... Zram has lived in staging for a LONG LONG time and have been fixed/improved by many contributors so code is clean and stable now. Of course, there are lots of product using zram in real practice. The major TV companys have used zram as swap since two years ago and recently our production team released android smart phone with zram which is used as swap, too and recently Android Kitkat start to use zram for small memory smart phone. And there was a report Google released their ChromeOS with zram, too and cyanogenmod have been used zram long time ago. And I heard some disto have used zram block device for tmpfs. In addition, I saw many report from many other peoples. For example, Lubuntu start to use it. The benefit of zram is very clear. With my experience, one of the benefit was to remove jitter of video application with backgroud memory pressure. It would be effect of efficient memory usage by compression but more issue is whether swap is there or not in the system. Recent mobile platforms have used JAVA so there are many anonymous pages. But embedded system normally are reluctant to use eMMC or SDCard as swap because there is wear-leveling and latency issues so if we do not use swap, it means we can't reclaim anoymous pages and at last, we could encounter OOM kill. :( Although we have real storage as swap, it was a problem, too. Because it sometime ends up making system very unresponsible caused by slow swap storage performance. Quote from Luigi on Google "Since Chrome OS was mentioned: the main reason why we don't use swap to a disk (rotating or SSD) is because it doesn't degrade gracefully and leads to a bad interactive experience. Generally we prefer to manage RAM at a higher level, by transparently killing and restarting processes. But we noticed that zram is fast enough to be competitive with the latter, and it lets us make more efficient use of the available RAM. " and he announced. http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mm/msg57717.html Other uses case is to use zram for block device. Zram is block device so anyone can format the block device and mount on it so some guys on the internet start zram as /var/tmp. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-838198-start-0.html Let's promote zram and enhance/maintain it instead of removing. Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Acked-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Cc: Bob Liu <bob.liu@oracle.com> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Luigi Semenzato <semenzato@google.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com> Cc: Seth Jennings <sjenning@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>		2014-01-30 16:56:55 -08:00
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ABI	Documentation: fix multiple typo occurences s/KenelVersion/KernelVersion/	2014-01-29 16:22:40 -08:00
accounting	Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c: avoid strncpy in accounting tool	2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
acpi	ACPI and power management updates for 3.14-rc1	2014-01-24 15:51:02 -08:00
aoe	aoe: remove do-nothing NAME="%k" term from example udev rules	2013-09-11 15:59:28 -07:00
arm	ARM: SoC platform changes for 3.14	2014-01-23 18:40:49 -08:00
arm64	arm64: Use 42-bit address space with 64K pages	2013-11-05 17:23:52 +00:00
auxdisplay
backlight	backlight: lp855x_bl: support new LP8555 device	2013-11-13 12:09:14 +09:00
blackfin
block	Linux 3.13-rc6	2013-12-31 09:51:02 -07:00
blockdev	zram: promote zram from staging	2014-01-30 16:56:55 -08:00
bus-devices	ARM: OMAP2+: gpmc: generic timing calculation	2012-11-09 18:07:11 +05:30
cdrom
cgroups	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next	2014-01-25 11:17:34 -08:00
connector	connector - documentation: simplify netlink message length assignment	2013-10-02 16:03:51 -04:00
console	TTY:console: update document console.txt	2013-05-21 10:21:57 -07:00
cpu-freq	Documentation: cpufreq / boost: Update BOOST documentation	2014-01-17 02:00:45 +01:00
cpuidle	cpuidle: remove cpuidle_unregister_governor()	2013-10-30 01:21:24 +01:00
cris
crypto	drivers/dma: remove unused support for MEMSET operations	2013-07-03 16:07:42 -07:00
development-process	Documentation: development-process: Update -mm and -next URLs	2013-07-25 12:37:24 +02:00
device-mapper	dm cache: add policy name to status output	2014-01-16 13:44:11 -05:00
devicetree	Merge branch 'drm-next' of git://people.freedesktop.org/~airlied/linux	2014-01-29 20:49:12 -08:00
DocBook	Merge branch 'master' into for-next	2013-12-19 15:08:32 +01:00
driver-model	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2014-01-22 21:21:55 -08:00
dvb	[media] get_dvb_firmware: Fix the location of firmware for Terratec HTC	2013-01-01 11:18:26 -02:00
early-userspace	Documentation: remove reference to 2.7 kernel in early-userspace	2013-08-20 12:47:28 +02:00
EDID	drm: Add 1600x1200 (UXGA) screen resolution to the built-in EDIDs	2013-04-12 14:06:16 +10:00
extcon	extcon: fix switch class porting guide (Documentation)	2014-01-07 11:54:28 +09:00
fault-injection	doc: fix quite a few typos within Documentation	2012-11-19 14:28:24 +01:00
fb	Documentation/fb/viafb.modes fix a typo	2013-08-20 12:41:11 +02:00
filesystems	Merge branch 'for-3.14' of git://linux-nfs.org/~bfields/linux	2014-01-30 10:18:43 -08:00
firmware_class	firmware loader: document firmware cache mechanism	2012-11-14 15:07:18 -08:00
fmc	doc: Fix typo "is is" in Documentations	2013-08-27 10:50:52 +02:00
frv
gpio	gpiolib: return -ENOENT if no GPIO mapping exists	2013-12-12 19:33:59 +01:00
hid	HID: uhid: use generic hidinput_input_event()	2013-07-31 10:33:05 +02:00
hwmon	Update Jean Delvare's e-mail address	2014-01-29 20:40:08 +01:00
i2c	Merge branch 'i2c/for-current' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux	2014-01-29 19:56:20 -08:00
i2o
ia64	Fix example error_injection_tool	2013-04-02 09:39:55 -07:00
ide
infiniband	IB/ipoib: Add rtnl_link_ops support	2012-09-20 16:49:17 -04:00
input	Input: fix typos in Documentation/input/gamepad.txt	2013-12-18 08:47:43 -08:00
ioctl	s390/hypfs: add interface for diagnose 0x304	2014-01-24 09:40:59 +01:00
isdn
ja_JP	Documentation: ja_JP: Update broken link to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
kbuild	Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt: 'make listnewconfig' replaces: yes "" | make oldconfig	2013-10-08 23:51:50 +02:00
kdump	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
ko_KR	Documentation: HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm) in ko_KR	2014-01-08 15:32:51 -08:00
laptops	Documentation: Fix size parameter for snprintf	2014-01-02 10:47:33 +01:00
leds	leds: lp5523: Support LED MUX configuration on running a pattern	2014-01-27 17:28:48 -08:00
m68k	block: remove refs to XD disks from documentation	2013-05-17 15:17:12 +02:00
make
memory-devices
metag	doc: fix misspellings with 'codespell' tool	2013-05-28 12:02:12 +02:00
mic	misc: mic: Fix endianness issues.	2013-11-27 11:03:38 -08:00
mips
misc-devices	Merge branch 'hwmon-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jdelvare/staging	2014-01-29 18:56:27 -08:00
mmc	mmc: core: Add in support to expose PRV for v4 MMCs	2013-03-22 12:10:42 -04:00
mn10300
mtd	mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Add documentation about the controller	2014-01-03 11:22:09 -08:00
namespaces	userns: Recommend use of memory control groups.	2013-01-26 22:20:06 -08:00
netlabel
networking	net: Document promote_secondaries	2014-01-27 20:39:21 -08:00
nfc	NFC: Update pn544 documentation	2013-01-10 01:27:46 +01:00
parisc	parisc: document the shadow registers	2013-07-09 22:09:19 +02:00
PCI	Merge branch 'pci/msi' into next	2014-01-07 17:34:39 -07:00
pcmcia
power	Documentation/: update FireWire debugging documentation	2014-01-12 18:54:38 +01:00
powerpc	powerpc: Update the 00-Index in Documentation/powerpc	2013-08-27 14:44:27 +10:00
pps	USB: serial: invoke dcd_change ldisc's handler.	2013-09-26 09:45:40 -07:00
prctl	seccomp: Make syscall skipping and nr changes more consistent	2012-10-02 21:14:29 +10:00
pti
ptp	ptp: add the PTP_SYS_OFFSET ioctl to the testptp program	2013-09-23 16:46:17 -04:00
rapidio	doc: Fix typo in doucmentations	2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
RCU	Merge branches 'doc.2013.12.03a', 'fixes.2013.12.12a', 'rcutorture.2013.12.03a' and 'sparse.2013.12.12a' into HEAD	2013-12-12 12:35:38 -08:00
s390	qeth: bridgeport support - address notifications	2014-01-15 14:48:01 -08:00
scheduler	H8/300 has been dead for several years, the kernel for it has	2013-11-12 14:13:14 +09:00
scsi	Main batch of InfiniBand/RDMA changes for 3.14:	2014-01-24 17:18:32 -08:00
security	ima: update IMA-templates.txt documentation	2014-01-03 07:42:59 -05:00
serial	serial: core: delete .set_wake() callback	2013-10-16 13:16:19 -07:00
sh
sound	ASoC: docs: Update the Overview document	2014-01-07 17:56:32 +00:00
spi	spi: Correction to typos in Documentation/spi/spi-summary	2013-12-09 17:22:19 +00:00
sysctl	mm: document improved handling of swappiness==0	2014-01-29 16:22:39 -08:00
target	target: Remove TF_CIT_TMPL macro	2013-10-16 13:35:02 -07:00
thermal	thermal: thermal_core: allow binding with limits on bind_params	2013-09-03 09:10:24 -04:00
timers	doc: add missing files to timers/00-INDEX	2013-10-27 21:55:50 +00:00
tpm	drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface	2013-08-09 10:57:06 -04:00
trace	Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl: fix the traceevent regex	2014-01-23 16:36:52 -08:00
usb	doc: Fix typo in USB Gadget Documentation	2014-01-10 15:33:54 +01:00
vDSO
video4linux	[media] V4L: Add support for integer menu controls with standard menu items	2013-08-18 07:12:59 -03:00
virtual	Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-3.14' of git://git.linaro.org/people/christoffer.dall/linux-kvm-arm into kvm-queue	2014-01-15 12:14:29 +01:00
vm	mm: documentation: remove hopelessly out-of-date locking doc	2014-01-23 16:36:50 -08:00
w1	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
watchdog	watchdog: delete mpcore_wdt driver	2013-07-11 21:47:58 +02:00
wimax
x86	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2014-01-22 21:21:55 -08:00
xtensa	xtensa: remap io area defined in device tree	2014-01-15 00:25:14 +04:00
zh_CN	Documentation: zh_CN: Update broken link to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
.gitignore
00-INDEX	doc: fix a typo in Documentation/00-INDEX	2013-08-27 10:53:07 +02:00
applying-patches.txt
assoc_array.txt	KEYS: Fix multiple key add into associative array	2013-12-02 11:24:18 +00:00
atomic_ops.txt	Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()	2013-01-08 14:14:55 -08:00
bad_memory.txt
basic_profiling.txt
bcache.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-07-04 11:40:58 -07:00
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt
BUG-HUNTING
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt
cachetlb.txt	Documentation: fix typo and update version in cachetlb.txt	2013-08-20 12:46:52 +02:00
Changes	remove obsolete references to powertweak	2013-11-27 20:34:32 -08:00
circular-buffers.txt	documentation: Update circular buffer for load-acquire/store-release	2013-12-03 10:08:57 -08:00
clk.txt	clk: Add set_rate_and_parent() op	2014-01-16 12:00:57 -08:00
coccinelle.txt	Coccinelle: Update information about the minimal version required	2013-07-03 22:58:20 +02:00
CodingStyle	Documentation/CodingStyle: allow multiple return statements per function	2013-07-03 16:08:01 -07:00
cpu-hotplug.txt	Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt: fix a typo in example code	2014-01-23 16:37:01 -08:00
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt	doc: Documentation/cputopology.txt fix typo	2013-09-04 12:59:47 +02:00
crc32.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	firewire: Enable remote DMA above 4 GB	2014-01-20 01:11:13 +01:00
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt	misc: Reserve minor for VFIO	2013-12-19 10:17:11 -07:00
digsig.txt
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	DMA-API: provide a helper to set both DMA and coherent DMA masks	2013-09-17 15:32:37 +01:00
DMA-API.txt	DMA-API: provide a helper to set both DMA and coherent DMA masks	2013-09-17 15:32:37 +01:00
DMA-attributes.txt	doc: Documentation/DMA-attributes.txt fix typo	2013-10-14 15:50:53 +02:00
dma-buf-sharing.txt	dma-buf: Expose buffer size to userspace (v2)	2013-09-10 11:36:45 +05:30
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt
dmatest.txt	dmatest: add a 'wait' parameter	2013-11-14 11:04:40 -08:00
dontdiff	x86: remove offsets.h from .gitignore and dontdiff	2012-11-19 14:10:53 +01:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	dynamic-debug-howto.txt: update since new wildcard support	2014-01-23 16:36:55 -08:00
edac.txt
efi-stub.txt	doc: Fix trivial spelling mistake in efi-stub.txt	2013-12-19 15:09:14 +01:00
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
flexible-arrays.txt
futex-requeue-pi.txt
gcov.txt	gcov: compile specific gcov implementation based on gcc version	2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO	Documentation: HOWTO: Update broken links to tpp	2013-12-10 23:09:08 -08:00
hw_random.txt	hwrng: Fix a wrong comment in Documentation/hw_random.txt	2013-03-10 18:16:36 +08:00
hwspinlock.txt	doc: documentation/hwspinlock.txt fix typo	2013-08-27 10:46:02 +02:00
init.txt
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt	Documentation: remove depends on CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL	2013-01-11 11:38:03 -08:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
iostats.txt	iostats.txt: add easy-to-find description for field 6	2013-04-29 15:18:50 +02:00
IPMI.txt	ipmi: add options to disable openfirmware and PCI scanning	2013-02-27 19:10:21 -08:00
IRQ-affinity.txt	doc: fix a typo about irq affinity	2013-08-20 12:59:18 +02:00
IRQ-domain.txt	doc: fix some typos	2013-12-02 14:48:28 +01:00
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	kernel-doc: Update references to SGML to refs to XML instead.	2013-05-28 12:02:11 +02:00
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt	Bug-fixes:	2014-01-27 08:17:09 -08:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt	kthread: Add pointer to vmstat-avoidance patch	2013-09-25 06:49:46 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt	Documentation/kmemcheck: update kmemcheck documentation	2013-08-27 10:47:05 +02:00
kmemleak.txt
kobject.txt	kobject: remove kset from sysfs immediately in kset_unregister()	2013-12-07 21:20:11 -08:00
kprobes.txt
kref.txt	kref: Add kref_get_unless_zero documentation	2012-11-28 18:36:06 +10:00
ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt	lockstat: Report avg wait and hold times	2013-10-09 08:19:08 +02:00
lockup-watchdogs.txt
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt	wanrouter: completely decouple obsolete code from kernel.	2013-01-31 19:20:33 -05:00
Makefile
ManagementStyle
md.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
media-framework.txt	Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media	2013-07-13 12:09:57 -07:00
memory-barriers.txt	locking/doc: Rename LOCK/UNLOCK to ACQUIRE/RELEASE	2014-01-12 10:37:13 +01:00
memory-hotplug.txt	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial	2013-09-06 09:36:28 -07:00
module-signing.txt	Add Documentation/module-signing.txt file	2013-12-13 15:59:11 +00:00
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt	locking/doc: Update references to kernel/mutex.c	2013-11-11 12:41:33 +01:00
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt	percpu-rw-semaphore: fix documentation typos	2012-09-26 19:56:15 +02:00
phy.txt	drivers: phy: add generic PHY framework	2013-09-27 17:35:41 -07:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt	pinctrl: Fix some typos and grammar issues in the documentation	2014-01-15 13:59:50 +01:00
pnp.txt
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt	vsprintf: add %pad extension for dma_addr_t use	2014-01-23 16:36:56 -08:00
pwm.txt	Documentation/pwm: Fix trivial typos	2013-10-24 10:51:33 +02:00
ramoops.txt
rbtree.txt	rbtree: move augmented rbtree functionality to rbtree_augmented.h	2012-10-09 16:22:40 +09:00
remoteproc.txt	remoteproc: add rproc_report_crash function to notify rproc crashes	2012-09-18 12:53:22 +03:00
rfkill.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt	Documentation/robust-futex-API: Count properly to 4	2013-11-30 14:08:28 +01:00
robust-futexes.txt
rpmsg.txt	Documentation: remove __dev* attributes.	2013-01-03 15:57:16 -08:00
rt-mutex-design.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt	rtc: add ability to push out an existing wakealarm using sysfs	2013-07-03 16:07:54 -07:00
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
SM501.txt
smsc_ece1099.txt	mfd: smsc: Add support for smsc gpio io/keypad driver	2012-10-01 15:27:48 +02:00
sparse.txt	Documentation/sparse.txt: document context annotations for lock checking	2012-12-17 17:15:23 -08:00
spinlocks.txt	sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation	2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt
static-keys.txt	doc: fix some typos in documentations	2013-12-02 14:45:19 +01:00
SubmitChecklist	Finally eradicate CONFIG_HOTPLUG	2013-06-03 14:20:18 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches	Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Request summaries for commit references	2013-08-20 12:58:15 +02:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt	doc: Fix typo in doucmentations	2013-07-25 12:34:15 +02:00
sysrq.txt	sysrq: Allow magic SysRq key functions to be disabled through Kconfig	2013-10-16 13:01:44 -07:00
this_cpu_ops.txt	percpu: add documentation on this_cpu operations	2013-04-04 10:24:53 -07:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt	ether_addr_equal: Optimize implementation, remove unused compare_ether_addr	2013-12-06 16:37:43 -05:00
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
vfio.txt	vfio: fix documentation	2013-09-05 16:36:21 -06:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt
video-output.txt
vme_api.txt	VME: Rename vme_slot_get to avoid confusion with reference counting	2013-12-03 11:15:58 -08:00
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
workqueue.txt	workqueue: Correct/Drop references to gcwq in Documentation	2013-08-21 10:32:09 -04:00
ww-mutex-design.txt	mutex: Add support for wound/wait style locks	2013-06-26 12:10:56 +02:00
xz.txt
zorro.txt	zorro/UAPI: Disintegrate include/linux/zorro*.h	2013-11-26 11:09:08 +01:00