#!/bin/bash #This script enables ZRAM and attempts to optimize its effectiveness on Raspberry Pi computers. #Useful links: #https://haydenjames.io/linux-performance-almost-always-add-swap-part2-zram #https://haydenjames.io/raspberry-pi-performance-add-zram-kernel-parameters/ #https://linuxreviews.org/Zram #https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-change-the-swappiness-value-in-linux #original zram script from novaspirit: https://github.com/novaspirit/rpi_zram #define error, status and status_green functions in case this script is being run standalone without pi-apps api (wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/apps/More%20RAM/install | bash) error() { #red text and exit 1 echo -e "\e[91m$1\e[0m" 1>&2 exit 1 } status() { #cyan text to indicate what is happening #detect if a flag was passed, and if so, pass it on to the echo command if [[ "$1" == '-'* ]] && [ ! -z "$2" ];then echo -e $1 "\e[96m$2\e[0m" 1>&2 else echo -e "\e[96m$1\e[0m" 1>&2 fi } status_green() { #announce the success of a major action echo -e "\e[92m$1\e[0m" 1>&2 } #the below function is unused in this script. Keeping it here as it could be useful elsewhere. set_value() { #Add the $1 line to the $2 config file. (setting=value format) This function changes the setting if it's already there. local file="$2" [ -z "$file" ] && error "set_value: path to config-file must be specified." [ ! -f "$file" ] && error "Config file '$file' does not exist!" local setting="$1" #This function assumes a setting=value format. Remove the number value to be able to change it. local setting_without_value="$(echo "$setting" | awk -F= '{print $1}')" #edit the config file with the new value sudo sed -i "s/^${setting_without_value}=.*/${setting}/g" "$file" #ensure sed actually did something; if not, add setting to end of file if ! grep -qxF "$setting" "$file" ;then echo "$setting" | sudo tee -a "$file" >/dev/null fi } #disable dphys-swapfile service if running if [ -f /usr/sbin/dphys-swapfile ] && systemctl is-active --quiet dphys-swapfile.service ;then status "Disabling swap" #swapoff and remove swapfile sudo /usr/sbin/dphys-swapfile uninstall #prevent dphys-swapfile from running on boot sudo systemctl mask dphys-swapfile.service #see /lib/systemd/system/dphys-swapfile.service fi #Disable Ubuntu's mkswap service if running if systemctl is-active --quiet mkswap.service ;then status "Disabling swap" #swapoff and remove swapfile sudo systemctl disable mkswap.service #prevent dphys-swapfile from running on boot sudo systemctl mask mkswap.service fi PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" status -n "Checking system for compatibility... " if [ "$(ps --no-headers -o comm 1)" != systemd ];then error "\nUser error: Incompatible because your system was not booted with systemd." elif ! command -v zramctl >/dev/null ;then error "\nUser error: Incompatible because the 'zramctl' command is missing on your system." elif ! command -v swapon >/dev/null ;then error "\nUser error: Incompatible because the 'swapon' command is missing on your system." elif ! command -v swapoff >/dev/null ;then error "\nUser error: Incompatible because the 'swapoff' command is missing on your system." elif ! command -v modprobe >/dev/null ;then error "\nUser error: Incompatible because the 'modprobe' command is missing on your system." fi #load zram module if command -v enable_module >/dev/null ;then enable_module zram || exit 1 elif ! lsmod | awk '{print $1}' | grep -qxF zram ;then if ! sudo modprobe zram &>/dev/null ;then if [ ! -d "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)" ];then error "\nUser error: Failed to load the 'zram' kernel module because you upgraded the kernel and have not rebooted yet. Please reboot to load the new kernel, then try again." else error "\nUser error: Incompatible because the 'zram' kernel module is missing on your system." fi fi fi status_green "Done" status "Creating zram script: /usr/bin/zram.sh" sudo tee /usr/bin/zram.sh >/dev/null << "EOF" #!/bin/bash export LANG=C export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" error() { #red text and exit 1 echo -e "\e[91m$1\e[0m" 1>&2 exit 1 } if [ "$1" == --help ] || [ "$1" == -h ];then echo -e "This is a script made by Botspot to increase usable RAM by setting up ZRAM. ZRAM uses compression to fit more memory in your available RAM. This script will setup a ZRAM swapspace that is 4 times larger than usable RAM. It also configures high-speed RAM-based file-storage at /zram. Usage: sudo zram.sh Setup zram-swap and storage (if enabled) sudo zram.sh stop Disable all ZRAM devices and exit sudo zram.sh storage-off Disable the file-storage at /zram on next run sudo zram.sh storage-on Enable the file-storage at /zram on next run sudo zram.sh flush Empty one of the 4 ZRAM swap devices, to avoid storing unused memory pages. Run 4 times for full effect. zram.sh --help, -h Display this information and exit" exit 0 elif [ "$1" == flush ];then #clear out one zram swap at a time, forcing active pages to migrate back to RAM or another zram, and orphaned pages to be discarded. #This prevents gradual sluggishness after the system has ran for days with occasional high levels of swapping. #find which zram swap is the most used, and clear that one flush_zram="$(cat /proc/swaps | tail +2 | grep '^/dev/zram' | awk '{print $4" "$1}' | sort -n | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}' | sed 's+^/dev/++g')" if [ -z "$flush_zram" ];then error "No zram devices found, cannot flush" fi echo -n "Flushing $flush_zram... " #gradually swapoff to keep CPU loads to a minimum i=0 while grep "^/dev/${flush_zram} " /proc/swaps -q && [ $i -le 180 ];do swapoff /dev/${flush_zram} &>/dev/null & swapoffpid=$! sleep 0.2 kill $swapoffpid &>/dev/null sleep 1 i=$((i+1)) done #in case the loop did not successfully swapoff: if grep "^/dev/${flush_zram} " /proc/swaps -q ;then swapoff /dev/${flush_zram} fi mkswap -q /dev/${flush_zram} swapon /dev/${flush_zram} -d -p 1 echo Done exit 0 fi if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]; then error "zram.sh must be run as root user" fi #avoid creating /zram storage if storage-off flag passed if [ "$1" == storage-off ]; then #retain this flag for next boot if ! grep -qxF "ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh storage-off" /etc/systemd/system/zram-swap.service ;then sed -i "s+^ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh$+ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh storage-off+g" /etc/systemd/system/zram-swap.service fi echo -e "zram.sh will not set up file-storage at /zram from now on." #the /zram storage can be re-enabled with storage-on flag elif [ "$1" == storage-on ]; then sed -i "s+^ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh storage-off$+ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh+g" /etc/systemd/system/zram-swap.service echo -e "zram.sh will set up file-storage at /zram from now on." fi # Load zram module if ! lsmod | awk "{print $1}" | grep -qxF zram ;then if ! modprobe zram ;then error "Failed to load zram kernel module" fi fi # prepare to disable all zram devices (after making new ones) old_zram="$(find /dev/ -name zram* -type b | tr -cd "0123456789\n")" disable_old_zram() { #put this into a function so it can be run in 2 different places cleanly local IFS=$'\n' for device_number in $old_zram ;do #if zram device is a swap device, disable it echo -n "Disabling zram${device_number}... " swapoff /dev/zram${device_number} 2>/dev/null if [ $? == 137 ];then error "Cannot disable ZRAM because doing so would overflow your RAM. Try closing some programs, then run this script again." fi #if zram device is mounted, unmount it umount /dev/zram${device_number} 2>/dev/null #remove device #non-fatal because sometimes the file-storage zram device gets stuck with "Device or resource busy" forever until reboot echo $device_number > /sys/class/zram-control/hot_remove || true #if [ $? != 0 ];then # error "Cannot disable ZRAM${device_number} because doing so would overflow your RAM. Try closing some programs, then run this script again." #fi echo Done done rm -rf /zram } #exit script now if "exit" flag passed if [ "$1" == stop ]; then disable_old_zram exit 0 fi #create 4 new zram drives - for swap drive_num1=$(cat /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add) drive_num2=$(cat /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add) drive_num3=$(cat /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add) drive_num4=$(cat /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add) # use zstd compression if available - best option according to https://linuxreviews.org/Comparison_of_Compression_Algorithms#zram_block_drive_compression if cat /sys/block/zram${drive_num1}/comp_algorithm | grep -q zstd ;then algorithm=zstd else algorithm=lz4 fi totalmem=$(free | grep -e "^Mem:" | awk '{print $2}') #create 4 zram disks each the same size as usable RAM - compression ratio for zstd can approach 5:1 according to https://linuxreviews.org/Zram for i in $drive_num1 $drive_num2 $drive_num3 $drive_num4 ;do #set the compression algorithm echo $algorithm > /sys/block/zram${i}/comp_algorithm #set the zram size echo $((totalmem * 1024)) > /sys/block/zram${i}/disksize #make the swap devices mkswap /dev/zram${i} swapon /dev/zram${i} -d -p 1 done disable_old_zram #create zram drive for temporary user-storage at /zram if ! grep -qxF "ExecStart=/usr/bin/zram.sh storage-off" /etc/systemd/system/zram-swap.service ;then echo "Setting up ZRAM-powered file storage at /zram" #create new zram drive storage_drive_num=$(cat /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add) # set compression algorithm echo $algorithm > /sys/block/zram${storage_drive_num}/comp_algorithm #set the size of drive to be 4 times the available RAM echo $((totalmem * 1024 * 4)) > /sys/block/zram${storage_drive_num}/disksize #create a partition and mount it mkfs.ext4 -F -O ^has_journal,^metadata_csum,^orphan_file -b 4096 /dev/zram${storage_drive_num} >/dev/null mkdir -p /zram mount /dev/zram${storage_drive_num} /zram chmod -R 777 /zram #make writable for any user rmdir /zram/lost+found || true fi EOF sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/zram.sh status "Making it run on startup" echo ' - Creating zram-swap.service' sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/zram-swap.service >/dev/null </dev/null </dev/null </dev/null else #otherwise set the values that make good use of zram while keeping file caching echo 'vm.swappiness=100 vm.page-cluster=0 vm.watermark_boost_factor=0 vm.watermark_scale_factor=125' | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/zram.conf >/dev/null #vm.page-cluster=3 by default, or 32kb memory pages on 4k pagesize kernels. Good for physical swap but wasteful for zram. #vm.page-cluster=0 uses memory pages the same size as the kernel pagesize, so 4kb on pi4 and 16kb on pi5 kernel. Smaller is better for zram. #see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Zram#Optimizing_swap_on_zram fi #adopt these values now and print them sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/zram.conf #this script used to add lines to /etc/sysctl.conf, which is not guaranteed to exist. Remove those lines if found. sudo sed -i '/^vm\.swappiness=100$/d ; /^vm\.vfs_cache_pressure=500$/d ; /^vm\.dirty_background_ratio=1$/d ; /^vm\.dirty_ratio=50$/d' /etc/sysctl.conf 2>/dev/null echo status_green "ZRAM is now ready to use. No need to reboot your device." status "Below is a summary:" zramctl status "You can see this at any time by running 'zramctl'" sleep 1