Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] squashfs: Add zstd support

From: Phillip Lougher
Date: Sun Jul 30 2017 - 22:18:49 EST


On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:50 AM, Phillip Lougher
<phillip.lougher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Nick Terrell <terrelln@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Add zstd compression and decompression support to SquashFS. zstd is a
>> great fit for SquashFS because it can compress at ratios approaching xz,
>> while decompressing twice as fast as zlib. For SquashFS in particular,
>> it can decompress as fast as lzo and lz4. It also has the flexibility
>> to turn down the compression ratio for faster compression times.
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> This patch (and none of the previous versions) is showing up on
> squashfs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I also think you should have
> emailed me directly as a courtesy, as I'm the Squashfs author and
> maintainer.

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your previous posts, but, please subscribe.

Thanks

Phillip

>
>
>> | Method | Ratio | Compression MB/s | Decompression MB/s |
>> |----------------|-------|------------------|--------------------|
>> | gzip | 2.92 | 15 | 128 |
>> | lzo | 2.64 | 9.5 | 217 |
>> | lz4 | 2.12 | 94 | 218 |
>> | xz | 3.43 | 5.5 | 35 |
>> | xz 256 KB | 3.53 | 5.4 | 40 |
>> | zstd 1 | 2.71 | 96 | 210 |
>> | zstd 5 | 2.93 | 69 | 198 |
>> | zstd 10 | 3.01 | 41 | 225 |
>> | zstd 15 | 3.13 | 11.4 | 224 |
>> | zstd 16 256 KB | 3.24 | 8.1 | 210 |
>
>
> Those numbers look good to me.
>
>>
>> This patch was written by Sean Purcell <me@xxxxxxxxx>, but I will be
>> taking over the submission process.
>>
>> [1] http://releases.ubuntu.com/16.10/
>> [2] https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/contrib/linux-kernel/squashfs-benchmark.sh
>
> I can't find your patch that adds zstd to the user-land
> Squashfs-tools. That would be handy to do any testing :-)
>
> Phillip
>
>>
>> zstd source repository: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
>>
>> Cc: Sean Purcell <me@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Nick Terrell <terrelln@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/squashfs/Kconfig | 14 +++++
>> fs/squashfs/Makefile | 1 +
>> fs/squashfs/decompressor.c | 7 +++
>> fs/squashfs/decompressor.h | 4 ++
>> fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h | 1 +
>> fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 6 files changed, 177 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
>> index ffb093e..1adb334 100644
>> --- a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
>> @@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ config SQUASHFS_XZ
>>
>> If unsure, say N.
>>
>> +config SQUASHFS_ZSTD
>> + bool "Include support for ZSTD compressed file systems"
>> + depends on SQUASHFS
>> + select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS
>> + help
>> + Saying Y here includes support for reading Squashfs file systems
>> + compressed with ZSTD compression. ZSTD gives better compression than
>> + the default ZLIB compression, while using less CPU.
>> +
>> + ZSTD is not the standard compression used in Squashfs and so most
>> + file systems will be readable without selecting this option.
>> +
>> + If unsure, say N.
>> +
>> config SQUASHFS_4K_DEVBLK_SIZE
>> bool "Use 4K device block size?"
>> depends on SQUASHFS
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Makefile b/fs/squashfs/Makefile
>> index 246a6f3..6655631 100644
>> --- a/fs/squashfs/Makefile
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/Makefile
>> @@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
>> squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_LZO) += lzo_wrapper.o
>> squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_XZ) += xz_wrapper.o
>> squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZLIB) += zlib_wrapper.o
>> +squashfs-$(CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD) += zstd_wrapper.o
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
>> index d2bc136..8366398 100644
>> --- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.c
>> @@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zlib_comp_ops = {
>> };
>> #endif
>>
>> +#ifndef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD
>> +static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zstd_comp_ops = {
>> + NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ZSTD_COMPRESSION, "zstd", 0
>> +};
>> +#endif
>> +
>> static const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_unknown_comp_ops = {
>> NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, "unknown", 0
>> };
>> @@ -75,6 +81,7 @@ static const struct squashfs_decompressor *decompressor[] = {
>> &squashfs_lzo_comp_ops,
>> &squashfs_xz_comp_ops,
>> &squashfs_lzma_unsupported_comp_ops,
>> + &squashfs_zstd_comp_ops,
>> &squashfs_unknown_comp_ops
>> };
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
>> index a25713c..0f5a8e4 100644
>> --- a/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/decompressor.h
>> @@ -58,4 +58,8 @@ extern const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_lzo_comp_ops;
>> extern const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zlib_comp_ops;
>> #endif
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_SQUASHFS_ZSTD
>> +extern const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zstd_comp_ops;
>> +#endif
>> +
>> #endif
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h
>> index 506f4ba..24d12fd 100644
>> --- a/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs.h
>> @@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ struct meta_index {
>> #define LZO_COMPRESSION 3
>> #define XZ_COMPRESSION 4
>> #define LZ4_COMPRESSION 5
>> +#define ZSTD_COMPRESSION 6
>>
>> struct squashfs_super_block {
>> __le32 s_magic;
>> diff --git a/fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c b/fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..8cb7c76
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/fs/squashfs/zstd_wrapper.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
>> +/*
>> + * Squashfs - a compressed read only filesystem for Linux
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (c) 2016-present, Facebook, Inc.
>> + * All rights reserved.
>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> + * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
>> + * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
>> + * or (at your option) any later version.
>> + *
>> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
>> + *
>> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
>> + * Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
>> + *
>> + * zstd_wrapper.c
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include <linux/mutex.h>
>> +#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
>> +#include <linux/slab.h>
>> +#include <linux/zstd.h>
>> +#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
>> +
>> +#include "squashfs_fs.h"
>> +#include "squashfs_fs_sb.h"
>> +#include "squashfs.h"
>> +#include "decompressor.h"
>> +#include "page_actor.h"
>> +
>> +struct workspace {
>> + void *mem;
>> + size_t mem_size;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static void *zstd_init(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *buff)
>> +{
>> + struct workspace *wksp = kmalloc(sizeof(*wksp), GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (wksp == NULL)
>> + goto failed;
>> + wksp->mem_size = ZSTD_DStreamWorkspaceBound(max_t(size_t,
>> + msblk->block_size, SQUASHFS_METADATA_SIZE));
>> + wksp->mem = vmalloc(wksp->mem_size);
>> + if (wksp->mem == NULL)
>> + goto failed;
>> +
>> + return wksp;
>> +
>> +failed:
>> + ERROR("Failed to allocate zstd workspace\n");
>> + kfree(wksp);
>> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +}
>> +
>> +
>> +static void zstd_free(void *strm)
>> +{
>> + struct workspace *wksp = strm;
>> +
>> + if (wksp)
>> + vfree(wksp->mem);
>> + kfree(wksp);
>> +}
>> +
>> +
>> +static int zstd_uncompress(struct squashfs_sb_info *msblk, void *strm,
>> + struct buffer_head **bh, int b, int offset, int length,
>> + struct squashfs_page_actor *output)
>> +{
>> + struct workspace *wksp = strm;
>> + ZSTD_DStream *stream;
>> + size_t total_out = 0;
>> + size_t zstd_err;
>> + int k = 0;
>> + ZSTD_inBuffer in_buf = { NULL, 0, 0 };
>> + ZSTD_outBuffer out_buf = { NULL, 0, 0 };
>> +
>> + stream = ZSTD_initDStream(wksp->mem_size, wksp->mem, wksp->mem_size);
>> +
>> + if (!stream) {
>> + ERROR("Failed to initialize zstd decompressor\n");
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + out_buf.size = PAGE_SIZE;
>> + out_buf.dst = squashfs_first_page(output);
>> +
>> + do {
>> + if (in_buf.pos == in_buf.size && k < b) {
>> + int avail = min(length, msblk->devblksize - offset);
>> + length -= avail;
>> + in_buf.src = bh[k]->b_data + offset;
>> + in_buf.size = avail;
>> + in_buf.pos = 0;
>> + offset = 0;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (out_buf.pos == out_buf.size) {
>> + out_buf.dst = squashfs_next_page(output);
>> + if (out_buf.dst == NULL) {
>> + /* shouldn't run out of pages before stream is
>> + * done */
>> + squashfs_finish_page(output);
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> + out_buf.pos = 0;
>> + out_buf.size = PAGE_SIZE;
>> + }
>> +
>> + total_out -= out_buf.pos;
>> + zstd_err = ZSTD_decompressStream(stream, &out_buf, &in_buf);
>> + total_out += out_buf.pos; /* add the additional data produced */
>> +
>> + if (in_buf.pos == in_buf.size && k < b)
>> + put_bh(bh[k++]);
>> + } while (zstd_err != 0 && !ZSTD_isError(zstd_err));
>> +
>> + squashfs_finish_page(output);
>> +
>> + if (ZSTD_isError(zstd_err)) {
>> + ERROR("zstd decompression error: %d\n",
>> + (int)ZSTD_getErrorCode(zstd_err));
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (k < b)
>> + goto out;
>> +
>> + return (int)total_out;
>> +
>> +out:
>> + for (; k < b; k++)
>> + put_bh(bh[k]);
>> +
>> + return -EIO;
>> +}
>> +
>> +const struct squashfs_decompressor squashfs_zstd_comp_ops = {
>> + .init = zstd_init,
>> + .free = zstd_free,
>> + .decompress = zstd_uncompress,
>> + .id = ZSTD_COMPRESSION,
>> + .name = "zstd",
>> + .supported = 1
>> +};
>> --
>> 2.9.3