Thread (32 messages) 32 messages, 6 authors, 2015-10-14

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

From: Sergey Senozhatsky <hidden>
Date: 2015-09-15 00:59:59
Also in: lkml

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?
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So, let's have max_zpage_size configurable as a module parameter.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Wool <redacted>
---
 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.
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+		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.

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 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Nitin Gupta [off-list ref]");
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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