Bug 610370 – sys-block/zram-init-3.8: Add options for block size, inode number, inode/bytes ratio to /etc/init.d/zram-init

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description segmentation fault 2017-02-21 13:22:01 UTC]

Currently, the init script /etc/init.d/zram-init lacks control for

	block size (pass value to a yet-to-be-created option (see bug:610366) to /usr/sbin/zram-init)
	inode/bytes ratio (pass value to -i option to /usr/sbin/zram-init)
	number of inodes (pass value for -N option to /usr/sbin/zram-init)

Please add them. 

Background
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inodes get filled-up pretty fast when I store the browser cache on a zram device.
That's 82,000 cache files for 1.2GB space in one day! Whatever the reason,
even if it's a bug/malfunction of the browser cache, it should be possible
to tune inode size in zram through the scripts in zram-init and alleviate
the situation...

[Comment 1 Michael 'veremitz' Everitt 2020-07-10 05:39:40 UTC]

Adding mvaeth to CC for upstream verification, and potential resolutions. Tia Martin! :)

[Comment 2 Martin Väth 2020-07-10 18:18:24 UTC]

I can confirm that this is missing, but do not know when I will find time to add it.

[Comment 3 Martin Väth 2020-07-11 06:04:47 UTC]

I could not sleep this morning, so I released a new version with the small changes.

[Comment 4 Mattéo Rossillol‑‑Laruelle 2024-03-02 14:28:19 UTC]

This bug is probably outdated as `=sys-block/zram-init-3.8` was dropped a long time ago and, therefore, should be marked as resolved ?

[Comment 5 Martin Väth 2024-03-02 14:37:58 UTC]

See comment#3, the release is 10.4. I do not have permissions to change the status.