linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/10] AXFS: axfs

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Message-Id: <1219318838.18027.68.camel@sauron>
Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:40:38 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
To:	jaredeh@...il.com
Cc:	Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Jörn Engel <joern@...fs.org>,
	tim.bird@...SONY.COM, cotte@...ibm.com, nickpiggin@...oo.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] AXFS: axfs_uncompress.c

On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 22:46 -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> +	err = zlib_inflateReset(&stream);
> +	if (err != Z_OK) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "zlib_inflateReset error %d\n", err);
> +		zlib_inflateEnd(&stream);
> +		zlib_inflateInit(&stream);
> +	}

Jared,

just FYI, are you aware that LZO which is also present in the kernel is
much faster on decompress than zlib, while its compression is only
slightly worse?

I do not remember the digits, but last time I tested UBIFS, LZO
decompression was about 3 times faster than zlib on OMAP3. This depends
on architecture, etc of course. This may matter a lot if one is fighting
for faster system boot-up. So you might consider supporting LZO as well.

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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