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Message-ID: <DF6B2E26-2D6E-44FF-89DB-93A37E2EA268@fb.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:58:52 +0000
From: Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>
To: Nick Terrell <nickrterrell@...il.com>
CC: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
Btrfs BTRFS <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>,
"squashfs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net"
<squashfs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
"linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net"
<linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Kernel Team <Kernel-team@...com>, Chris Mason <clm@...com>,
Petr Malat <oss@...at.biz>, Johannes Weiner <jweiner@...com>,
Niket Agarwal <niketa@...com>, Yann Collet <cyan@...com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] Update to zstd-1.4.6
> On Dec 3, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Nick Terrell <nickrterrell@...il.com> wrote:
>
> From: Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>
>
> Please pull from
>
> git@...hub.com:terrelln/linux.git tags/v7-zstd-1.4.6
>
> to get these changes. Alternatively the patchset is included.
Is it possible to get this patchset merged in the 5.11 merge window? It applies
cleanly to the latest master. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do
to drive this patchset towards merge.
Thanks,
Nick
> This patchset upgrades the zstd library to the latest upstream release. The
> current zstd version in the kernel is a modified version of upstream zstd-1.3.1.
> At the time it was integrated, zstd wasn't ready to be used in the kernel as-is.
> But, it is now possible to use upstream zstd directly in the kernel.
>
> I have not yet released zstd-1.4.6 upstream. I want the zstd version in the
> kernel to match up with a known upstream release, so we know exactly what code
> is running. Whenever this patchset is ready for merge, I will cut a release at
> the upstream commit that gets merged. This should not be necessary for future
> releases.
>
> The kernel zstd library is automatically generated from upstream zstd. A script
> makes the necessary changes and imports it into the kernel. The changes are:
>
> 1. Replace all libc dependencies with kernel replacements and rewrite includes.
> 2. Remove unncessary portability macros like: #if defined(_MSC_VER).
> 3. Use the kernel xxhash instead of bundling it.
>
> This automation gets tested every commit by upstream's continuous integration.
> When we cut a new zstd release, we will submit a patch to the kernel to update
> the zstd version in the kernel.
>
> I've updated zstd to upstream with one big patch because every commit must build,
> so that precludes partial updates. Since the commit is 100% generated, I hope the
> review burden is lightened. I considered replaying upstream commits, but that is
> not possible because there have been ~3500 upstream commits since the last zstd
> import, and the commits don't all build individually. The bulk update preserves
> bisectablity because bugs can be bisected to the zstd version update. At that
> point the update can be reverted, and we can work with upstream to find and fix
> the bug. After this big switch in how the kernel consumes zstd, future patches
> will be smaller, because they will only have one upstream release worth of
> changes each.
>
> This patchset adds a new kernel-style wrapper around zstd. This wrapper API is
> functionally equivalent to the subset of the current zstd API that is currently
> used. The wrapper API changes to be kernel style so that the symbols don't
> collide with zstd's symbols. The update to zstd-1.4.6 maintains the same API
> and preserves the semantics, so that none of the callers need to be updated.
>
> This patchset comes in 2 parts:
> 1. The first 2 patches prepare for the zstd upgrade. The first patch adds the
> new kernel style API so zstd can be upgraded without modifying any callers.
> The second patch adds an indirection for the lib/decompress_unzstd.c
> including of all decompression source files.
> 2. Import zstd-1.4.6. This patch is completely generated from upstream using
> automated tooling.
>
> I tested every caller of zstd on x86_64. I tested both after the 1.4.6 upgrade
> using the compatibility wrapper, and after the final patch in this series.
>
> I tested kernel and initramfs decompression in i386 and arm.
>
> I ran benchmarks to compare the current zstd in the kernel with zstd-1.4.6.
> I benchmarked on x86_64 using QEMU with KVM enabled on an Intel i9-9900k.
> I found:
> * BtrFS zstd compression at levels 1 and 3 is 5% faster
> * BtrFS zstd decompression+read is 15% faster
> * SquashFS zstd decompression+read is 15% faster
> * F2FS zstd compression+write at level 3 is 8% faster
> * F2FS zstd decompression+read is 20% faster
> * ZRAM decompression+read is 30% faster
> * Kernel zstd decompression is 35% faster
> * Initramfs zstd decompression+build is 5% faster
>
> The latest zstd also offers bug fixes and a 1 KB reduction in stack uage during
> compression. For example the recent problem with large kernel decompression has
> been fixed upstream for over 2 years https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/29/27.
>
> Please let me know if there is anything that I can do to ease the way for these
> patches. I think it is important because it gets large performance improvements,
> contains bug fixes, and is switching to a more maintainable model of consuming
> upstream zstd directly, making it easy to keep up to date.
>
> Best,
> Nick Terrell
>
> v1 -> v2:
> * Successfully tested F2FS with help from Chao Yu to fix my test.
> * (1/9) Fix ZSTD_initCStream() wrapper to handle pledged_src_size=0 means unknown.
> This fixes F2FS with the zstd-1.4.6 compatibility wrapper, exposed by the test.
>
> v2 -> v3:
> * (3/9) Silence warnings by Kernel Test Robot:
> https://github.com/facebook/zstd/pull/2324
> Stack size warnings remain, but these aren't new, and the functions it warns on
> are either unused or not in the maximum stack path. This patchset reduces zstd
> compression stack usage by 1 KB overall. I've gotten the low hanging fruit, and
> more stack reduction would require significant changes that have the potential
> to introduce new bugs. However, I do hope to continue to reduce zstd stack
> usage in future versions.
>
> v3 -> v4:
> * (3/9) Fix errors and warnings reported by Kernel Test Robot:
> https://github.com/facebook/zstd/pull/2326
> - Replace mem.h with a custom kernel implementation that matches the current
> lib/zstd/mem.h in the kernel. This avoids calls to __builtin_bswap*() which
> don't work on certain architectures, as exposed by the Kernel Test Robot.
> - Remove ASAN/MSAN (un)poisoning code which doesn't work in the kernel, as
> exposed by the Kernel Test Robot.
> - I've fixed all of the valid cppcheck warnings reported, but there were many
> false positives, where cppcheck was incorrectly analyzing the situation,
> which I did not fix. I don't believe it is reasonable to expect that upstream
> zstd silences all the static analyzer false positives. Upstream zstd uses
> clang scan-build for its static analysis. We find that supporting multiple
> static analysis tools multiplies the burden of silencing false positives,
> without providing enough marginal value over running a single static analysis
> tool.
>
> v4 -> v5:
> * Rebase onto v5.10-rc2
> * (6/9) Merge with other F2FS changes (no functional change in patch).
>
> v5 -> v6:
> * Rebase onto v5.10-rc6.
> * Switch to using a kernel style wrapper API as suggested by Cristoph.
>
> v6 -> v7:
> * Expose the upstream library header as `include/linux/zstd_lib.h`.
> Instead of creating new structs mirroring the upstream zstd structs
> use upstream's structs directly with a typedef to get a kernel style name.
> This removes the memcpy cruft.
> * (1/3) Undo ZSTD_WINDOWLOG_MAX and handle_zstd_error changes.
> * (3/3) Expose zstd_errors.h as `include/linux/zstd_errors.h` because it
> is needed by the kernel wrapper API.
>
>
> Nick Terrell (3):
> lib: zstd: Add kernel-specific API
> lib: zstd: Add decompress_sources.h for decompress_unzstd
> lib: zstd: Upgrade to latest upstream zstd version 1.4.6
>
> crypto/zstd.c | 28 +-
> fs/btrfs/zstd.c | 68 +-
> fs/f2fs/compress.c | 56 +-
> fs/pstore/platform.c | 2 +-
> fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c | 16 +-
> include/linux/zstd.h | 1225 +----
> include/linux/zstd_errors.h | 76 +
> include/linux/zstd_lib.h | 2104 +++++++++
> lib/decompress_unzstd.c | 48 +-
> lib/zstd/Makefile | 35 +-
> lib/zstd/bitstream.h | 379 --
> lib/zstd/common/bitstream.h | 437 ++
> lib/zstd/common/compiler.h | 150 +
> lib/zstd/common/cpu.h | 194 +
> lib/zstd/common/debug.c | 24 +
> lib/zstd/common/debug.h | 101 +
> lib/zstd/common/entropy_common.c | 355 ++
> lib/zstd/common/error_private.c | 55 +
> lib/zstd/common/error_private.h | 66 +
> lib/zstd/common/fse.h | 709 +++
> lib/zstd/common/fse_decompress.c | 380 ++
> lib/zstd/common/huf.h | 352 ++
> lib/zstd/common/mem.h | 258 +
> lib/zstd/common/zstd_common.c | 83 +
> lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h | 124 +
> lib/zstd/common/zstd_internal.h | 438 ++
> lib/zstd/compress.c | 3485 --------------
> lib/zstd/compress/fse_compress.c | 625 +++
> lib/zstd/compress/hist.c | 165 +
> lib/zstd/compress/hist.h | 75 +
> lib/zstd/compress/huf_compress.c | 764 +++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c | 4157 +++++++++++++++++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h | 1103 +++++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_literals.c | 158 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_literals.h | 29 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c | 433 ++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.h | 54 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c | 849 ++++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.h | 32 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_cwksp.h | 465 ++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c | 521 +++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.h | 32 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.c | 496 ++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.h | 31 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_lazy.c | 1138 +++++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_lazy.h | 61 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_ldm.c | 619 +++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_ldm.h | 104 +
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_opt.c | 1200 +++++
> lib/zstd/compress/zstd_opt.h | 50 +
> lib/zstd/decompress.c | 2531 ----------
> lib/zstd/decompress/huf_decompress.c | 1205 +++++
> lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_ddict.c | 241 +
> lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_ddict.h | 44 +
> lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress.c | 1836 ++++++++
> lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c | 1540 ++++++
> lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.h | 62 +
> .../decompress/zstd_decompress_internal.h | 195 +
> lib/zstd/decompress_sources.h | 19 +
> lib/zstd/entropy_common.c | 243 -
> lib/zstd/error_private.h | 53 -
> lib/zstd/fse.h | 575 ---
> lib/zstd/fse_compress.c | 795 ----
> lib/zstd/fse_decompress.c | 325 --
> lib/zstd/huf.h | 212 -
> lib/zstd/huf_compress.c | 772 ---
> lib/zstd/huf_decompress.c | 960 ----
> lib/zstd/mem.h | 151 -
> lib/zstd/zstd_common.c | 75 -
> lib/zstd/zstd_compress_module.c | 103 +
> lib/zstd/zstd_decompress_module.c | 96 +
> lib/zstd/zstd_internal.h | 273 --
> lib/zstd/zstd_opt.h | 1014 ----
> 73 files changed, 24800 insertions(+), 12929 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/zstd_errors.h
> create mode 100644 include/linux/zstd_lib.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/bitstream.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/bitstream.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/compiler.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/cpu.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/debug.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/debug.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/entropy_common.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/error_private.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/error_private.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/fse.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/fse_decompress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/huf.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/mem.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/zstd_common.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/zstd_deps.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/common/zstd_internal.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/fse_compress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/hist.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/hist.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/huf_compress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_literals.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_literals.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_cwksp.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_double_fast.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_fast.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_lazy.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_lazy.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_ldm.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_ldm.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_opt.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/compress/zstd_opt.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/huf_decompress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_ddict.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_ddict.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress/zstd_decompress_internal.h
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/decompress_sources.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/entropy_common.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/error_private.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/fse.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/fse_compress.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/fse_decompress.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/huf.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/huf_compress.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/huf_decompress.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/mem.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/zstd_common.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/zstd_compress_module.c
> create mode 100644 lib/zstd/zstd_decompress_module.c
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/zstd_internal.h
> delete mode 100644 lib/zstd/zstd_opt.h
>
> --
> 2.29.2
>
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