linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] selftests: firmware: Use smaller dictionary for XZ compression

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Message-ID: <156bafb7-19e2-ed2f-63aa-64236d28a06e@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:43:42 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] selftests: firmware: Use smaller dictionary for XZ
 compression

On 4/21/22 9:29 AM, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> The xz -9 option leads to an unnecessarily too large dictionary that
> isn't really suitable for the kernel firmware loader.  Pass the
> dictionary size explicitly, instead.
> 
> While we're at it, make the xz command call defined in $RUN_XZ for
> simplicity.
> 
> Fixes: 108ae07c5036 ("selftests: firmware: Add compressed firmware tests")
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh | 8 +++++---
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
> index c2a2a100114b..731f011def78 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/firmware/fw_filesystem.sh
> @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ TEST_REQS_FW_SET_CUSTOM_PATH="yes"
>   TEST_DIR=$(dirname $0)
>   source $TEST_DIR/fw_lib.sh
>   
> +RUN_XZ="xz -C crc32 --lzma2=dict=2MiB"
> +
>   check_mods
>   check_setup
>   verify_reqs
> @@ -410,9 +412,9 @@ test_request_firmware_nowait_custom()
>   	RANDOM_FILE_PATH=$(setup_random_file)
>   	RANDOM_FILE="$(basename $RANDOM_FILE_PATH)"
>   	if [ "$2" = "both" ]; then
> -		xz -9 -C crc32 -k $RANDOM_FILE_PATH
> +		$RUN_XZ -k $RANDOM_FILE_PATH
>   	elif [ "$2" = "xzonly" ]; then
> -		xz -9 -C crc32 $RANDOM_FILE_PATH
> +		$RUN_XZ $RANDOM_FILE_PATH
>   	fi
>   	config_set_name $RANDOM_FILE
>   	config_trigger_async
> @@ -501,7 +503,7 @@ test_request_partial_firmware_into_buf_nofile 2 10
>   test "$HAS_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS" != "yes" && exit 0
>   
>   # test with both files present
> -xz -9 -C crc32 -k $FW
> +$RUN_XZ -k $FW
>   config_set_name $NAME
>   echo
>   echo "Testing with both plain and xz files present..."
> 

Thank you. Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah