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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Daeho Jeong <daeho43@gmail.com>
Cc: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>,
	kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add compress_mode mount option
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:46:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201123184647.GA3694916@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201123031751.36811-1-daeho43@gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 12:17:50PM +0900, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> 
> We will add a new "compress_mode" mount option to control file
> compression mode. This supports "fs-based" and "user-based".
> In "fs-based" mode (default), f2fs does automatic compression on
> the compression enabled files. In "user-based" mode, f2fs disables
> the automaic compression and gives the user discretion of choosing
> the target file and the timing. It means the user can do manual
> compression/decompression on the compression enabled files using ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst |  7 +++++++
>  fs/f2fs/data.c                     | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h                     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c                  |  2 +-
>  fs/f2fs/super.c                    | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> index b8ee761c9922..0679c53d5012 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> @@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ compress_extension=%s	 Support adding specified extension, so that f2fs can enab
>  			 For other files, we can still enable compression via ioctl.
>  			 Note that, there is one reserved special extension '*', it
>  			 can be set to enable compression for all files.
> +compress_mode=%s	 Control file compression mode. This supports "fs-based" and
> +			 "user-based". In "fs-based" mode (default), f2fs does
> +			 automatic compression on the compression enabled files.
> +			 In "user-based" mode, f2fs disables the automaic compression
> +			 and gives the user discretion of choosing the target file and
> +			 the timing. The user can do manual compression/decompression
> +			 on the compression enabled files using ioctls.

Please clarify in the documentation what it means for compression-enabled files
to not be compressed.  It is not obvious.

- Eric


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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Daeho Jeong <daeho43@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, kernel-team@android.com,
	Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add compress_mode mount option
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:46:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201123184647.GA3694916@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201123031751.36811-1-daeho43@gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 12:17:50PM +0900, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> 
> We will add a new "compress_mode" mount option to control file
> compression mode. This supports "fs-based" and "user-based".
> In "fs-based" mode (default), f2fs does automatic compression on
> the compression enabled files. In "user-based" mode, f2fs disables
> the automaic compression and gives the user discretion of choosing
> the target file and the timing. It means the user can do manual
> compression/decompression on the compression enabled files using ioctls.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst |  7 +++++++
>  fs/f2fs/data.c                     | 10 +++++-----
>  fs/f2fs/f2fs.h                     | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  fs/f2fs/segment.c                  |  2 +-
>  fs/f2fs/super.c                    | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> index b8ee761c9922..0679c53d5012 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/f2fs.rst
> @@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ compress_extension=%s	 Support adding specified extension, so that f2fs can enab
>  			 For other files, we can still enable compression via ioctl.
>  			 Note that, there is one reserved special extension '*', it
>  			 can be set to enable compression for all files.
> +compress_mode=%s	 Control file compression mode. This supports "fs-based" and
> +			 "user-based". In "fs-based" mode (default), f2fs does
> +			 automatic compression on the compression enabled files.
> +			 In "user-based" mode, f2fs disables the automaic compression
> +			 and gives the user discretion of choosing the target file and
> +			 the timing. The user can do manual compression/decompression
> +			 on the compression enabled files using ioctls.

Please clarify in the documentation what it means for compression-enabled files
to not be compressed.  It is not obvious.

- Eric

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-23 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-23  3:17 [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add compress_mode mount option Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23  3:17 ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23  3:17 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/2] f2fs: add F2FS_IOC_DECOMPRESS_FILE and F2FS_IOC_COMPRESS_FILE Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23  3:17   ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23 17:19   ` [f2fs-dev] " Jaegeuk Kim
2020-11-23 17:19     ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-11-23 18:48   ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-23 18:48     ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-23 23:02     ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23 23:02       ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23 23:29       ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-23 23:29         ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-24  1:03         ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-24  1:03           ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-24  3:05   ` Chao Yu
2020-11-24  3:05     ` Chao Yu
2020-11-26  5:04     ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-26  5:04       ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-26  6:35       ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-26  6:35         ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-26  6:54         ` Chao Yu
2020-11-26  6:54           ` Chao Yu
2020-11-26 17:49       ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-26 17:49         ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-26 23:46         ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-26 23:46           ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-27  0:30           ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-27  0:30             ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23 17:18 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: add compress_mode mount option Jaegeuk Kim
2020-11-23 17:18   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-11-23 18:46 ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2020-11-23 18:46   ` Eric Biggers
2020-11-23 23:03   ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-23 23:03     ` Daeho Jeong
2020-11-24  2:16 ` Chao Yu
2020-11-24  2:16   ` Chao Yu

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