feat(memory): enable zram compressed-RAM swap by default (#76 slice)
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First slice of BACKLOG #76 (hibernation + zram, split): zramSwap on by
default in modules/nixos/oom.nix — the memory-pressure layer before
earlyoom. zstd @ 50% RAM (nixpkgs defaults, explicit for reproducibility),
priority 100 so day-to-day paging fills zram first and any disk swapfile
stays reserved for #76's hibernate image (hibernation can't resume from
volatile zram). Follows the earlyoom mkDefault precedent — no toggle.

Adds checks.zram-swap runNixOSTest importing oom.nix, asserting the device
is an active swap, uses [zstd], and carries priority 100.

Verified: V2 checks.zram-swap PASS (/dev/zram0 in /proc/swaps, zstd,
prio 100); V1 full distro toplevel builds; V0 flake check --no-build green.
#76 remainder (disk swapfile default + resume + installer) still open.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Bernardo Magri
2026-07-10 16:07:55 +01:00
parent 59975a6a59
commit 2055842c33
4 changed files with 75 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -14,9 +14,28 @@
# the build step, keep the session". nixpkgs default-enables oomd in an
# inert state (no slices monitored); it's disabled outright below so
# there is exactly one owner of the OOM story.
#
# zram sits one layer earlier: a compressed RAM swap that absorbs
# day-to-day memory pressure (a browser's idle tabs, a big eval's cold
# pages) before it ever reaches the earlyoom threshold — more headroom
# on the same RAM, no disk. High swap priority so the kernel fills zram
# first; any real disk swapfile stays reserved for the hibernate image
# (BACKLOG #76's other half — hibernation can't resume from volatile
# zram, so day-to-day paging must not consume the disk swap). zstd @ 50%
# RAM are the nixpkgs defaults, kept explicit for reproducibility.
{ lib, ... }:
{
zramSwap = {
enable = lib.mkDefault true;
algorithm = lib.mkDefault "zstd";
memoryPercent = lib.mkDefault 50;
# Beats any disk swapfile's auto-assigned (negative) priority, so
# day-to-day paging lands in zram and the disk swap is left for
# hibernation. See the header note and BACKLOG #76.
priority = lib.mkDefault 100;
};
services.earlyoom = {
enable = lib.mkDefault true;