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Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:03:48 +0300
From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc: Jerome Marchand <jmarchan@...hat.com>,
Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] zram: introduce zram compressor operations struct
On (01/20/14 14:12), Minchan Kim wrote:
> Hello Sergey,
>
> I reviewed this patchset and I suggest somethings.
> Please have a look and feedback to me. :)
>
> 1. Let's define new file zram_comp.c
> 2. zram_comp includes following field
> .create
> .compress
> .decompress.
> .destroy
> .name
>
alternatively, we can use crypto api, the same way as zswap does (that
will require handling of cpu hotplug).
-ss
> 1) create/destroy
> Will set up necessary things like allocating buffer, lock init or other things
> might happen in future when initialization time.
> I have a plan to support multiple buffer to do compression/decompression in
> parallel so we could optimize write VS write path, too.
>
> 2) compress/decompress
>
> It's very clear.
>
> 3) name field will be used for tell to user what's kinds of compression
> algorithm zram support.
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 02:04:16PM +0300, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > This is preparation patch to add LZ4 compression support.
> >
> > struct zram_compress_ops defines common compress and decompress
> > prototypes. Use these ops->compress and ops->decompress callbacks
> > instead of direct LZO lzo1x_1_compress() and lzo1x_decompress_safe()
> > calls.
> >
> > Compressor ops should be defined before zram meta allocation,
> > because the size of meta->compress_workmem depends on selected
> > compression algorithm.
> >
> > Define LZO compressor ops and set it as the only one available
> > zram compressor at the moment.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
> > drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > index 7124042..4f2c748 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> > @@ -28,10 +28,9 @@
> > #include <linux/device.h>
> > #include <linux/genhd.h>
> > #include <linux/highmem.h>
> > -#include <linux/slab.h>
> > -#include <linux/lzo.h>
> > #include <linux/string.h>
> > #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> > +#include <linux/lzo.h>
>
> Let's include zram_comps.h only and zram_comps.h includes other compression
> alrogithms header. If user don't want to support some compression
> alrogithm, it shouldn't be included.
> Of course, user can select kinds of compressor in configuration step.
>
> >
> > #include "zram_drv.h"
> >
> > @@ -42,6 +41,12 @@ static struct zram *zram_devices;
> > /* Module params (documentation at end) */
> > static unsigned int num_devices = 1;
> >
> > +static struct zram_compress_ops lzo_compressor = {
> > + .workmem_sz = LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS,
>
> workmem_sz should be part of compressor internal.
>
> > + .compress = lzo1x_1_compress,
> > + .decompress = lzo1x_decompress_safe,
> > +};
> > +
> > #define ZRAM_ATTR_RO(name) \
> > static ssize_t zram_attr_##name##_show(struct device *d, \
> > struct device_attribute *attr, char *b) \
> > @@ -166,14 +171,14 @@ static void zram_meta_free(struct zram_meta *meta)
> > kfree(meta);
> > }
> >
> > -static struct zram_meta *zram_meta_alloc(u64 disksize)
> > +static struct zram_meta *zram_meta_alloc(int workmem_sz, u64 disksize)
> > {
> > size_t num_pages;
> > struct zram_meta *meta = kmalloc(sizeof(*meta), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!meta)
> > goto out;
> >
> > - meta->compress_workmem = kzalloc(LZO1X_MEM_COMPRESS, GFP_KERNEL);
> > + meta->compress_workmem = kzalloc(workmem_sz, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> Instead of exposing compression internal stuff, let's call comp->create.
>
> > if (!meta->compress_workmem)
> > goto free_meta;
> >
> > @@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ static int zram_decompress_page(struct zram *zram, char *mem, u32 index)
> > if (size == PAGE_SIZE)
> > copy_page(mem, cmem);
> > else
> > - ret = lzo1x_decompress_safe(cmem, size, mem, &clen);
> > + ret = zram->ops->decompress(cmem, size, mem, &clen);
> > zs_unmap_object(meta->mem_pool, handle);
> > read_unlock(&meta->tb_lock);
> >
> > @@ -420,7 +425,7 @@ static int zram_bvec_write(struct zram *zram, struct bio_vec *bvec, u32 index,
> > goto out;
> > }
> >
> > - ret = lzo1x_1_compress(uncmem, PAGE_SIZE, src, &clen,
> > + ret = zram->ops->compress(uncmem, PAGE_SIZE, src, &clen,
> > meta->compress_workmem);
>
> Ditto. compress_workmem should be part of compressor itself.
>
>
> > if (!is_partial_io(bvec)) {
> > kunmap_atomic(user_mem);
> > @@ -551,7 +556,7 @@ static ssize_t disksize_store(struct device *dev,
> > }
> >
> > disksize = PAGE_ALIGN(disksize);
> > - zram->meta = zram_meta_alloc(disksize);
> > + zram->meta = zram_meta_alloc(zram->ops->workmem_sz, disksize);
>
> So, we don't need zram->ops->workmem_sz.
>
> >
> > zram->disksize = disksize;
> > set_capacity(zram->disk, zram->disksize >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
> > @@ -785,6 +790,7 @@ static int create_device(struct zram *zram, int device_id)
> > goto out_free_disk;
> > }
> >
> > + zram->ops = &lzo_compressor;
>
> Let's define choose_compressor function with some argument
> so the result is following as
>
> zram->comp = choose_compressor("lzo");
>
> > zram->meta = NULL;
> > return 0;
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > index 1d5b1f5..5488682 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> > @@ -88,8 +88,18 @@ struct zram_meta {
> > struct mutex buffer_lock; /* protect compress buffers */
> > };
> >
> > +/* compression/decompression functions and algorithm-specific workmem size */
> > +struct zram_compress_ops {
> > + int (*compress)(const unsigned char *src, size_t src_len,
> > + unsigned char *dst, size_t *dst_len, void *wrkmem);
> > + int (*decompress)(const unsigned char *src, size_t src_len,
> > + unsigned char *dst, size_t *dst_len);
> > + long workmem_sz;
> > +};
> > +
> > struct zram {
> > struct zram_meta *meta;
> > + struct zram_compress_ops *ops;
> > struct request_queue *queue;
> > struct gendisk *disk;
> > /* Prevent concurrent execution of device init, reset and R/W request */
> > --
> > 1.8.5.3.493.gb139ac2
> >
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> --
> Kind regards,
> Minchan Kim
>
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