linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 4/9] zram: Introduce recompress sysfs knob

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Date:   Fri, 4 Nov 2022 16:12:13 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
To:     Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nitin Gupta <ngupta@...are.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 4/9] zram: Introduce recompress sysfs knob

On (22/11/04 12:48), Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > read_block_state
> >     zram_algo_idx(zram, index) > 0 ? 'r' : '.');
> > 
> > zram_read_from_zpool
> >     if (zram_algo_idx(zram, idx) != 0)
> >         idx = 1;
> 
> As an idea, maybe we can store everything re-compression related
> in a dedicated meta field? SKIP flag, algorithm ID, etc.

That's just an idea.

Something like this

---
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index bdfc9bf0bdd5..c011d0f145f6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ enum zram_pageflags {
        ZRAM_UNDER_WB,  /* page is under writeback */
        ZRAM_HUGE,      /* Incompressible page */
        ZRAM_IDLE,      /* not accessed page since last idle marking */
-       ZRAM_RECOMP,    /* page was recompressed */
-       ZRAM_RECOMP_SKIP, /* secondary algorithm cannot compress this page */
 
        __NR_ZRAM_PAGEFLAGS,
 };
@@ -64,6 +62,11 @@ struct zram_table_entry {
                unsigned long element;
        };
        unsigned long flags;
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_MULTI_COMP
+       unsigned int incompressible:1;
+       unsigned int priority:2;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING
        ktime_t ac_time;
 #endif
---

The reason I'm thinking about it is that we have flags bits that are
used only when particular .config options are enabled. Without those
options we just waste bits.

Recompression is one such thing. Another one is writeback.

---
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index c011d0f145f6..7076ec209e79 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ enum zram_pageflags {
        /* zram slot is locked */
        ZRAM_LOCK = ZRAM_FLAG_SHIFT,
        ZRAM_SAME,      /* Page consists the same element */
-       ZRAM_WB,        /* page is stored on backing_device */
-       ZRAM_UNDER_WB,  /* page is under writeback */
        ZRAM_HUGE,      /* Incompressible page */
        ZRAM_IDLE,      /* not accessed page since last idle marking */
 
@@ -68,6 +66,8 @@ struct zram_table_entry {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZRAM_MEMORY_TRACKING
+       unsigned int under_writeback:1;
+       unsigned int written_back:1;
        ktime_t ac_time;
 #endif
 };
---

So we can use ->flags only for things that are independent of .config