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From: David Disseldorp <ddiss@suse.de>
To: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-next@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] gen_init_cpio: attempt copy_file_range for file data
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:20:05 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250819102005.2fe940a1.ddiss@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aKNzpz3ibFDQwdSQ@levanger>

On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:40:39 +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
...
> Thanks.  I like introducing copy_file_range() here, it reduces the cpio
> generation time on my system by a about 30% on a btrfs filesystem.
> May cpio_mkfile_csum() now the slowest part?

cpio checksums are slow, but I don't think it's worth optimizing for at
this stage: they're optional (-c) and support for them was only recently
added (800c24dc34b93). Besides, there are better ways to guarantee
initramfs integrity.

Thanks, David

  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-19  0:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-14  5:17 [PATCH v2 0/7] gen_init_cpio: add copy_file_range / reflink support David Disseldorp
2025-08-14  5:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] gen_init_cpio: write to fd instead of stdout stream David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 18:40   ` Nicolas Schier
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] gen_init_cpio: support -o <output_path> parameter David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 18:40   ` Nicolas Schier
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] gen_init_cpio: attempt copy_file_range for file data David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 18:40   ` Nicolas Schier
2025-08-19  0:20     ` David Disseldorp [this message]
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] gen_init_cpio: avoid duplicate strlen calls David Disseldorp
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] gen_initramfs.sh: use gen_init_cpio -o parameter David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 18:40   ` Nicolas Schier
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] docs: initramfs: file data alignment via name padding David Disseldorp
2025-08-14  5:18 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] gen_init_cpio: add -a <data_align> as reflink optimization David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 19:23   ` Nicolas Schier
2025-08-21  8:10     ` David Disseldorp
2025-08-18 18:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] gen_init_cpio: add copy_file_range / reflink support Nicolas Schier
2025-08-18 23:46   ` David Disseldorp

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