linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Update LZO compression

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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:28:28 +0200
From:	"Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <markus@...rhumer.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
CC:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Johannes Stezenbach <js@...21.net>,
	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Phillip Lougher <phillip@...ashfs.org.uk>,
	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@...cle.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Update LZO compression

Thanks Arnd,

On 2012-10-11 13:41, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 October 2012, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote:
>>>
>>> : This commit updates the kernel LZO code to the current upsteam version
>>> : which features a significant speed improvement - benchmarking the Calgary
>>> : and Silesia test corpora typically shows a doubled performance in
>>> : both compression and decompression on modern i386/x86_64/powerpc machines.
>>>
>>> There are significant clients of the LZO library - crypto, btrfs,
>>> jffs2, ubifs, squashfs and zcache.  So let's give all those people a cc
>>> and ask that they test the LZO changes once they land in linux-next. 
>>> For correctness and performance, please.
>>
>> The core compression and decompression code has been thoroughly tested, so I
>> do not expect major problems.
>>
>> Good testing after the merge and feedback about build or performance issues
>> (and improvements!) is highly appreciated.
> 
> The addition of the lzo tree to linux-next caused this problem for ARM
> imx_v6_v7_defconfig:
> 
> In file included from /home/arnd/linux-arm/arch/arm/boot/compressed/decompress.c:40:0:
> /home/arnd/linux-arm/arch/arm/boot/compressed/../../../../lib/decompress_unlzo.c:34:34: fatal error: lzo/lzo1x_decompress.c: No such file or directory
> 
> Since the file was renamed, anything including it needs to be updated to the
> new file name.

I will add that patch to my tree.

Cheers,
Markus

> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> diff --git a/lib/decompress_unlzo.c b/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
> index 4531294..960183d 100644
> --- a/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
> +++ b/lib/decompress_unlzo.c
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
>   */
>  
>  #ifdef STATIC
> -#include "lzo/lzo1x_decompress.c"
> +#include "lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c"
>  #else
>  #include <linux/decompress/unlzo.h>
>  #endif

-- 
Markus Oberhumer, <markus@...rhumer.com>, http://www.oberhumer.com/
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