{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }: let cfg = config.zramSwap; devices = map (nr: "zram${toString nr}") (lib.range 0 (cfg.swapDevices - 1)); in { imports = [ (lib.mkRemovedOptionModule [ "zramSwap" "numDevices" ] "Using ZRAM devices as general purpose ephemeral block devices is no longer supported") ]; ###### interface options = { zramSwap = { enable = lib.mkOption { default = false; type = lib.types.bool; description = lib.mdDoc '' Enable in-memory compressed devices and swap space provided by the zram kernel module. See [ https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt ](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt). ''; }; swapDevices = lib.mkOption { default = 1; type = lib.types.int; description = lib.mdDoc '' Number of zram devices to be used as swap, recommended is 1. ''; }; memoryPercent = lib.mkOption { default = 50; type = lib.types.int; description = lib.mdDoc '' Maximum total amount of memory that can be stored in the zram swap devices (as a percentage of your total memory). Defaults to 1/2 of your total RAM. Run `zramctl` to check how good memory is compressed. This doesn't define how much memory will be used by the zram swap devices. ''; }; memoryMax = lib.mkOption { default = null; type = with lib.types; nullOr int; description = lib.mdDoc '' Maximum total amount of memory (in bytes) that can be stored in the zram swap devices. This doesn't define how much memory will be used by the zram swap devices. ''; }; priority = lib.mkOption { default = 5; type = lib.types.int; description = lib.mdDoc '' Priority of the zram swap devices. It should be a number higher than the priority of your disk-based swap devices (so that the system will fill the zram swap devices before falling back to disk swap). ''; }; algorithm = lib.mkOption { default = "zstd"; example = "lz4"; type = with lib.types; either (enum [ "lzo" "lz4" "zstd" ]) str; description = lib.mdDoc '' Compression algorithm. `lzo` has good compression, but is slow. `lz4` has bad compression, but is fast. `zstd` is both good compression and fast, but requires newer kernel. You can check what other algorithms are supported by your zram device with {command}`cat /sys/class/block/zram*/comp_algorithm` ''; }; }; }; config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { system.requiredKernelConfig = with config.lib.kernelConfig; [ (isModule "ZRAM") ]; # Disabling this for the moment, as it would create and mkswap devices twice, # once in stage 2 boot, and again when the zram-reloader service starts. # boot.kernelModules = [ "zram" ]; systemd.packages = [ pkgs.zram-generator ]; systemd.services."systemd-zram-setup@".path = [ pkgs.util-linux ]; # for mkswap environment.etc."systemd/zram-generator.conf".source = (pkgs.formats.ini { }).generate "zram-generator.conf" (lib.listToAttrs (builtins.map (dev: { name = dev; value = let size = "${toString cfg.memoryPercent} / 100 * ram"; in { zram-size = if cfg.memoryMax != null then "min(${size}, ${toString cfg.memoryMax} / 1024 / 1024)" else size; compression-algorithm = cfg.algorithm; swap-priority = cfg.priority; }; }) devices)); }; }