Thread (17 messages) 17 messages, 7 authors, 2022-05-23

Re: [RFC 2/6] PM: Hibernate: Add option to disable disk offset randomization

From: Randy Dunlap <hidden>
Date: 2022-05-23 20:50:20
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On 5/18/22 00:48, Vivek Kumar wrote:
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Add a kernel parameter to disable the disk offset randomization
for SSD devices in which such feature is available at the
firmware level. This is helpful in improving hibernation
resume time.

Signed-off-by: Vivek Kumar <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar <redacted>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 kernel/power/swap.c                             |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 666ade9..06b4f10 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5192,6 +5192,17 @@
 			Useful for devices that are detected asynchronously
 			(e.g. USB and MMC devices).
 
+	noswap_randomize
+			Kernel uses random disk offsets to help with wear-levelling
			                                             wear-leveling
+			of SSD devices, while saving the hibernation snapshot image to
+			disk. Use this parameter to disable this feature for SSD
+			devices in scenarios when, such randomization is addressed at
			               no comma  ^
+			the firmware level and hibenration image is not re-generated
			                       hibernation
+			frequently.
+			(Useful for improving hibernation resume time as snapshot pages
+			are available in disk serially and can be read in bigger chunks
+			without seeking)
+
 	retain_initrd	[RAM] Keep initrd memory after extraction
 
 	rfkill.default_state=

-- 
~Randy

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