[PATCH 1/1] zsmalloc: account for handle size in class lookup
From: Longlong Xia
Date: Sun Aug 09 2026 - 07:56:17 EST
From: Longlong Xia <xialonglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
zs_lookup_class_index() lets zram recompression decide whether a newly
compressed object would use a smaller size class. It currently classifies
the payload size directly, while zs_malloc() adds ZS_HANDLE_SIZE before
selecting the class.
This makes lookup disagree with allocation near size-class boundaries.
With 4 KiB pages, CONFIG_ZSMALLOC_CHAIN_SIZE=8, and 64-bit handles, a
1025-to-1024-byte recompression appears to move from class 64 to class 62
although both allocations use class 64. Conversely, a 1049-to-1025-byte
recompression appears to stay in class 64 although the allocations move
from class 65 to class 64.
As a result, zram can accept replacements with no allocation benefit or
reject ones that would save memory, potentially marking the object
incompressible.
Factor size-class selection into lookup_size_class(), account for the
handle there, and use the helper for both lookup and allocation.
Fixes: 7c2af309abd2 ("zram: add size class equals check into recompression")
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Longlong Xia <xialonglong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/zsmalloc.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/zsmalloc.c b/mm/zsmalloc.c
index 83f5820c45f9..41b03a9ecec2 100644
--- a/mm/zsmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/zsmalloc.c
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ static int get_size_class_index(int size)
return min_t(int, ZS_SIZE_CLASSES - 1, idx);
}
+static struct size_class *lookup_size_class(struct zs_pool *pool, size_t size)
+{
+ return pool->size_class[get_size_class_index(size + ZS_HANDLE_SIZE)];
+}
+
static inline void class_stat_add(struct size_class *class, int type,
unsigned long cnt)
{
@@ -1021,7 +1026,7 @@ unsigned int zs_lookup_class_index(struct zs_pool *pool, unsigned int size)
{
struct size_class *class;
- class = pool->size_class[get_size_class_index(size)];
+ class = lookup_size_class(pool, size);
return class->index;
}
@@ -1311,9 +1316,7 @@ unsigned long zs_malloc(struct zs_pool *pool, size_t size, gfp_t gfp,
if (!handle)
return (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- /* extra space in chunk to keep the handle */
- size += ZS_HANDLE_SIZE;
- class = pool->size_class[get_size_class_index(size)];
+ class = lookup_size_class(pool, size);
/* class->lock effectively protects the zpage migration */
spin_lock(&class->lock);
--
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