Re: [PATCH 1/3] zram: make max_zpage_size configurable

Sergey Senozhatsky
2015-09-15T00:59:59Z

On (09/14/15 15:50), Vitaly Wool wrote:
> It makes sense to have control over what compression ratios are
> ok to store pages uncompressed and what not.

um... I don't want this to be exported. this is very 'zram-internal'.

besides, you remove the exsiting default value
- static const size_t max_zpage_size = PAGE_SIZE / 4 * 3;

so now people must provide this module param in order to make zram
work the way it used to work for years?

> Moreover, if we end up using zbud allocator for zram, any attempt to
> allocate a whole page will fail, so we may want to avoid this as much
> as possible.

so how does it help?

> So, let's have max_zpage_size configurable as a module parameter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <vitalywool@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 16 ----------------
> 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> index 9fa15bb..6d9f1d1 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
> @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static const char *default_compressor = "lzo";
>
> /* Module params (documentation at end) */
> static unsigned int num_devices = 1;
> +static size_t max_zpage_size = PAGE_SIZE / 4 * 3;
>
> static inline void deprecated_attr_warn(const char *name)
> {
> @@ -1411,6 +1412,16 @@ static int __init zram_init(void)
> return ret;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * max_zpage_size must be less than or equal to:
> + * ZS_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE. Otherwise, zs_malloc() would
> + * always return failure.
> + */
> + if (max_zpage_size > PAGE_SIZE) {
> + pr_err("Invalid max_zpage_size %ld\n", max_zpage_size);

and how do people find out ZS_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE? this error message does not
help.

> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> zram_major = register_blkdev(0, "zram");
> if (zram_major <= 0) {
> pr_err("Unable to get major number\n");
> @@ -1444,6 +1455,8 @@ module_exit(zram_exit);
>
> module_param(num_devices, uint, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(num_devices, "Number of pre-created zram devices");
> +module_param(max_zpage_size, ulong, 0);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_zpage_size, "Threshold for storing compressed pages");

unclear description.

>
> MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Nitin Gupta <ngupta@vflare.org>");
> diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> index 8e92339..3a29c33 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> +++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
> @@ -20,22 +20,6 @@
>
> #include "zcomp.h"
>
> -/*-- Configurable parameters */
> -
> -/*
> - * Pages that compress to size greater than this are stored
> - * uncompressed in memory.
> - */
> -static const size_t max_zpage_size = PAGE_SIZE / 4 * 3;
> -
> -/*
> - * NOTE: max_zpage_size must be less than or equal to:
> - * ZS_MAX_ALLOC_SIZE. Otherwise, zs_malloc() would
> - * always return failure.
> - */
> -
> -/*-- End of configurable params */
> -
> #define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
> #define SECTORS_PER_PAGE_SHIFT (PAGE_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT)
> #define SECTORS_PER_PAGE (1 << SECTORS_PER_PAGE_SHIFT)
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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