[patch 076/166] mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig

Andrew Morton
2020-04-07T03:08:06Z

From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
Subject: mm/zswap: allow setting default status, compressor and allocator in Kconfig

The compressed cache for swap pages (zswap) currently needs from 1 to 3
extra kernel command line parameters in order to make it work: it has to
be enabled by adding a "zswap.enabled=1" command line parameter and if one
wants a different compressor or pool allocator than the default lzo / zbud
combination then these choices also need to be specified on the kernel
command line in additional parameters.

Using a different compressor and allocator for zswap is actually pretty
common as guides often recommend using the lz4 / z3fold pair instead of
the default one. In such case it is also necessary to remember to enable
the appropriate compression algorithm and pool allocator in the kernel
config manually.

Let's avoid the need for adding these kernel command line parameters and
automatically pull in the dependencies for the selected compressor
algorithm and pool allocator by adding an appropriate default switches to
Kconfig.

The default values for these options match what the code was using
previously as its defaults.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200202000112.456103-1-mail@maciej.szmigiero.name
Signed-off-by: Maciej S. Szmigiero <mail@maciej.szmigiero.name>
Reviewed-by: Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@konsulko.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

Documentation/vm/zswap.rst | 20 +++--
mm/Kconfig | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
mm/zswap.c | 24 +++----
3 files changed, 141 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/vm/zswap.rst~zswap-allow-setting-default-status-compressor-and-allocator-in-kconfig
+++ a/Documentation/vm/zswap.rst
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ Zswap evicts pages from compressed cache
device when the compressed pool reaches its size limit. This requirement had
been identified in prior community discussions.

-Zswap is disabled by default but can be enabled at boot time by setting
-the ``enabled`` attribute to 1 at boot time. ie: ``zswap.enabled=1``. Zswap
-can also be enabled and disabled at runtime using the sysfs interface.
+Whether Zswap is enabled at the boot time depends on whether
+the ``CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON`` Kconfig option is enabled or not.
+This setting can then be overridden by providing the kernel command line
+``zswap.enabled=`` option, for example ``zswap.enabled=0``.
+Zswap can also be enabled and disabled at runtime using the sysfs interface.
An example command to enable zswap at runtime, assuming sysfs is mounted
at ``/sys``, is::

@@ -64,9 +66,10 @@ allocation in zpool is not directly acce
returned by the allocation routine and that handle must be mapped before being
accessed. The compressed memory pool grows on demand and shrinks as compressed
pages are freed. The pool is not preallocated. By default, a zpool
-of type zbud is created, but it can be selected at boot time by
-setting the ``zpool`` attribute, e.g. ``zswap.zpool=zbud``. It can
-also be changed at runtime using the sysfs ``zpool`` attribute, e.g.::
+of type selected in ``CONFIG_ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT`` Kconfig option is created,
+but it can be overridden at boot time by setting the ``zpool`` attribute,
+e.g. ``zswap.zpool=zbud``. It can also be changed at runtime using the sysfs
+``zpool`` attribute, e.g.::

echo zbud > /sys/module/zswap/parameters/zpool

@@ -97,8 +100,9 @@ controlled policy:
* max_pool_percent - The maximum percentage of memory that the compressed
pool can occupy.

-The default compressor is lzo, but it can be selected at boot time by
-setting the ``compressor`` attribute, e.g. ``zswap.compressor=lzo``.
+The default compressor is selected in ``CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT``
+Kconfig option, but it can be overridden at boot time by setting the
+``compressor`` attribute, e.g. ``zswap.compressor=lzo``.
It can also be changed at runtime using the sysfs "compressor"
attribute, e.g.::

--- a/mm/Kconfig~zswap-allow-setting-default-status-compressor-and-allocator-in-kconfig
+++ a/mm/Kconfig
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ config MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
config ZSWAP
bool "Compressed cache for swap pages (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on FRONTSWAP && CRYPTO=y
- select CRYPTO_LZO
select ZPOOL
help
A lightweight compressed cache for swap pages. It takes
@@ -549,6 +548,123 @@ config ZSWAP
they have not be fully explored on the large set of potential
configurations and workloads that exist.

+choice
+ prompt "Compressed cache for swap pages default compressor"
+ depends on ZSWAP
+ default ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZO
+ help
+ Selects the default compression algorithm for the compressed cache
+ for swap pages.
+
+ For an overview what kind of performance can be expected from
+ a particular compression algorithm please refer to the benchmarks
+ available at the following LWN page:
+ https://lwn.net/Articles/751795/
+
+ If in doubt, select 'LZO'.
+
+ The selection made here can be overridden by using the kernel
+ command line 'zswap.compressor=' option.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_DEFLATE
+ bool "Deflate"
+ select CRYPTO_DEFLATE
+ help
+ Use the Deflate algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZO
+ bool "LZO"
+ select CRYPTO_LZO
+ help
+ Use the LZO algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_842
+ bool "842"
+ select CRYPTO_842
+ help
+ Use the 842 algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZ4
+ bool "LZ4"
+ select CRYPTO_LZ4
+ help
+ Use the LZ4 algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZ4HC
+ bool "LZ4HC"
+ select CRYPTO_LZ4HC
+ help
+ Use the LZ4HC algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_ZSTD
+ bool "zstd"
+ select CRYPTO_ZSTD
+ help
+ Use the zstd algorithm as the default compression algorithm.
+endchoice
+
+config ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT
+ string
+ depends on ZSWAP
+ default "deflate" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_DEFLATE
+ default "lzo" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZO
+ default "842" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_842
+ default "lz4" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZ4
+ default "lz4hc" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_LZ4HC
+ default "zstd" if ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT_ZSTD
+ default ""
+
+choice
+ prompt "Compressed cache for swap pages default allocator"
+ depends on ZSWAP
+ default ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZBUD
+ help
+ Selects the default allocator for the compressed cache for
+ swap pages.
+ The default is 'zbud' for compatibility, however please do
+ read the description of each of the allocators below before
+ making a right choice.
+
+ The selection made here can be overridden by using the kernel
+ command line 'zswap.zpool=' option.
+
+config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZBUD
+ bool "zbud"
+ select ZBUD
+ help
+ Use the zbud allocator as the default allocator.
+
+config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD
+ bool "z3fold"
+ select Z3FOLD
+ help
+ Use the z3fold allocator as the default allocator.
+
+config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZSMALLOC
+ bool "zsmalloc"
+ select ZSMALLOC
+ help
+ Use the zsmalloc allocator as the default allocator.
+endchoice
+
+config ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT
+ string
+ depends on ZSWAP
+ default "zbud" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZBUD
+ default "z3fold" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_Z3FOLD
+ default "zsmalloc" if ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT_ZSMALLOC
+ default ""
+
+config ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON
+ bool "Enable the compressed cache for swap pages by default"
+ depends on ZSWAP
+ help
+ If selected, the compressed cache for swap pages will be enabled
+ at boot, otherwise it will be disabled.
+
+ The selection made here can be overridden by using the kernel
+ command line 'zswap.enabled=' option.
+
config ZPOOL
tristate "Common API for compressed memory storage"
help
--- a/mm/zswap.c~zswap-allow-setting-default-status-compressor-and-allocator-in-kconfig
+++ a/mm/zswap.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static bool zswap_pool_reached_full;

#define ZSWAP_PARAM_UNSET ""

-/* Enable/disable zswap (disabled by default) */
-static bool zswap_enabled;
+/* Enable/disable zswap */
+static bool zswap_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ZSWAP_DEFAULT_ON);
static int zswap_enabled_param_set(const char *,
const struct kernel_param *);
static struct kernel_param_ops zswap_enabled_param_ops = {
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ static struct kernel_param_ops zswap_ena
module_param_cb(enabled, &zswap_enabled_param_ops, &zswap_enabled, 0644);

/* Crypto compressor to use */
-#define ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT "lzo"
-static char *zswap_compressor = ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT;
+static char *zswap_compressor = CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT;
static int zswap_compressor_param_set(const char *,
const struct kernel_param *);
static struct kernel_param_ops zswap_compressor_param_ops = {
@@ -101,8 +100,7 @@ module_param_cb(compressor, &zswap_compr
&zswap_compressor, 0644);

/* Compressed storage zpool to use */
-#define ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT "zbud"
-static char *zswap_zpool_type = ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT;
+static char *zswap_zpool_type = CONFIG_ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT;
static int zswap_zpool_param_set(const char *, const struct kernel_param *);
static struct kernel_param_ops zswap_zpool_param_ops = {
.set = zswap_zpool_param_set,
@@ -599,11 +597,12 @@ static __init struct zswap_pool *__zswap
bool has_comp, has_zpool;

has_comp = crypto_has_comp(zswap_compressor, 0, 0);
- if (!has_comp && strcmp(zswap_compressor, ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT)) {
+ if (!has_comp && strcmp(zswap_compressor,
+ CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT)) {
pr_err("compressor %s not available, using default %s\n",
- zswap_compressor, ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT);
+ zswap_compressor, CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT);
param_free_charp(&zswap_compressor);
- zswap_compressor = ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT;
+ zswap_compressor = CONFIG_ZSWAP_COMPRESSOR_DEFAULT;
has_comp = crypto_has_comp(zswap_compressor, 0, 0);
}
if (!has_comp) {
@@ -614,11 +613,12 @@ static __init struct zswap_pool *__zswap
}

has_zpool = zpool_has_pool(zswap_zpool_type);
- if (!has_zpool && strcmp(zswap_zpool_type, ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT)) {
+ if (!has_zpool && strcmp(zswap_zpool_type,
+ CONFIG_ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT)) {
pr_err("zpool %s not available, using default %s\n",
- zswap_zpool_type, ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT);
+ zswap_zpool_type, CONFIG_ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT);
param_free_charp(&zswap_zpool_type);
- zswap_zpool_type = ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT;
+ zswap_zpool_type = CONFIG_ZSWAP_ZPOOL_DEFAULT;
has_zpool = zpool_has_pool(zswap_zpool_type);
}
if (!has_zpool) {
_