Re: [PATCH] zram: add zstd to the supported algorithms list

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Thu Aug 24 2017 - 10:08:29 EST


Hi,

On (08/24/17 13:30), Minchan Kim wrote:
> Hello Sergey,
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:49:36AM +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > Add ZSTD to the list of supported compression algorithms.
> >
> > Official benchmarks [1]:
>
> First of all, thanks for the work!
>
> I want to ask one thing.
>
> Could you add some benchmark(e.g.,) result(comp ratio and speed)
> compared to (inflate, lzo, lz4)?
>
> I want to see how much it's good for small data that ours is 4K.


so on my syntetic fio test (with a static buffer):


LZO DEFLATE ZSTD

#jobs1
WRITE: (2180MB/s) (77.2MB/s) (1429MB/s)
WRITE: (1617MB/s) (77.7MB/s) (1202MB/s)
READ: (426MB/s) (595MB/s) (1181MB/s)
READ: (422MB/s) (572MB/s) (1020MB/s)
READ: (318MB/s) (67.8MB/s) (563MB/s)
WRITE: (318MB/s) (67.9MB/s) (564MB/s)
READ: (336MB/s) (68.3MB/s) (583MB/s)
WRITE: (335MB/s) (68.2MB/s) (582MB/s)
#jobs2
WRITE: (3441MB/s) (152MB/s) (2141MB/s)
WRITE: (2507MB/s) (147MB/s) (1888MB/s)
READ: (801MB/s) (1146MB/s) (1890MB/s)
READ: (767MB/s) (1096MB/s) (2073MB/s)
READ: (621MB/s) (126MB/s) (1009MB/s)
WRITE: (621MB/s) (126MB/s) (1009MB/s)
READ: (656MB/s) (125MB/s) (1075MB/s)
WRITE: (657MB/s) (126MB/s) (1077MB/s)
#jobs3
WRITE: (4772MB/s) (225MB/s) (3394MB/s)
WRITE: (3905MB/s) (211MB/s) (2939MB/s)
READ: (1216MB/s) (1608MB/s) (3218MB/s)
READ: (1159MB/s) (1431MB/s) (2981MB/s)
READ: (906MB/s) (156MB/s) (1457MB/s)
WRITE: (907MB/s) (156MB/s) (1458MB/s)
READ: (953MB/s) (158MB/s) (1595MB/s)
WRITE: (952MB/s) (157MB/s) (1593MB/s)
#jobs4
WRITE: (6036MB/s) (265MB/s) (4469MB/s)
WRITE: (5059MB/s) (263MB/s) (3951MB/s)
READ: (1618MB/s) (2066MB/s) (4276MB/s)
READ: (1573MB/s) (1942MB/s) (3830MB/s)
READ: (1202MB/s) (227MB/s) (1971MB/s)
WRITE: (1200MB/s) (227MB/s) (1968MB/s)
READ: (1265MB/s) (226MB/s) (2116MB/s)
WRITE: (1264MB/s) (226MB/s) (2114MB/s)
#jobs5
WRITE: (5339MB/s) (233MB/s) (3781MB/s)
WRITE: (4298MB/s) (234MB/s) (3276MB/s)
READ: (1626MB/s) (2048MB/s) (4081MB/s)
READ: (1567MB/s) (1929MB/s) (3758MB/s)
READ: (1174MB/s) (205MB/s) (1747MB/s)
WRITE: (1173MB/s) (204MB/s) (1746MB/s)
READ: (1214MB/s) (208MB/s) (1890MB/s)
WRITE: (1215MB/s) (208MB/s) (1892MB/s)
#jobs6
WRITE: (5666MB/s) (270MB/s) (4338MB/s)
WRITE: (4828MB/s) (267MB/s) (3772MB/s)
READ: (1803MB/s) (2058MB/s) (4946MB/s)
READ: (1805MB/s) (2156MB/s) (4711MB/s)
READ: (1334MB/s) (235MB/s) (2135MB/s)
WRITE: (1335MB/s) (235MB/s) (2137MB/s)
READ: (1364MB/s) (236MB/s) (2268MB/s)
WRITE: (1365MB/s) (237MB/s) (2270MB/s)
#jobs7
WRITE: (5474MB/s) (270MB/s) (4300MB/s)
WRITE: (4666MB/s) (266MB/s) (3817MB/s)
READ: (2022MB/s) (2319MB/s) (5472MB/s)
READ: (1924MB/s) (2260MB/s) (5031MB/s)
READ: (1369MB/s) (242MB/s) (2153MB/s)
WRITE: (1370MB/s) (242MB/s) (2155MB/s)
READ: (1499MB/s) (246MB/s) (2310MB/s)
WRITE: (1497MB/s) (246MB/s) (2307MB/s)
#jobs8
WRITE: (5558MB/s) (273MB/s) (4439MB/s)
WRITE: (4763MB/s) (271MB/s) (3918MB/s)
READ: (2201MB/s) (2599MB/s) (6062MB/s)
READ: (2105MB/s) (2463MB/s) (5413MB/s)
READ: (1490MB/s) (252MB/s) (2238MB/s)
WRITE: (1488MB/s) (252MB/s) (2236MB/s)
READ: (1566MB/s) (254MB/s) (2434MB/s)
WRITE: (1568MB/s) (254MB/s) (2437MB/s)
#jobs9
WRITE: (5120MB/s) (264MB/s) (4035MB/s)
WRITE: (4531MB/s) (267MB/s) (3740MB/s)
READ: (1940MB/s) (2258MB/s) (4986MB/s)
READ: (2024MB/s) (2387MB/s) (4871MB/s)
READ: (1343MB/s) (246MB/s) (2038MB/s)
WRITE: (1342MB/s) (246MB/s) (2037MB/s)
READ: (1553MB/s) (238MB/s) (2243MB/s)
WRITE: (1552MB/s) (238MB/s) (2242MB/s)
#jobs10
WRITE: (5345MB/s) (271MB/s) (3988MB/s)
WRITE: (4750MB/s) (254MB/s) (3668MB/s)
READ: (1876MB/s) (2363MB/s) (5150MB/s)
READ: (1990MB/s) (2256MB/s) (5080MB/s)
READ: (1355MB/s) (250MB/s) (2019MB/s)
WRITE: (1356MB/s) (251MB/s) (2020MB/s)
READ: (1490MB/s) (252MB/s) (2202MB/s)
WRITE: (1488MB/s) (252MB/s) (2199MB/s)

jobs1 perfstat
instructions 52,065,555,710 ( 0.79) 855,731,114,587 ( 2.64) 54,280,709,944 ( 1.40)
branches 14,020,427,116 ( 725.847) 101,733,449,582 (1074.521) 11,170,591,067 ( 992.869)
branch-misses 22,626,174 ( 0.16%) 274,197,885 ( 0.27%) 25,915,805 ( 0.23%)
jobs2 perfstat
instructions 103,633,110,402 ( 0.75) 1,710,822,100,914 ( 2.59) 107,879,874,104 ( 1.28)
branches 27,931,237,282 ( 679.203) 203,298,267,479 (1037.326) 22,185,350,842 ( 884.427)
branch-misses 46,103,811 ( 0.17%) 533,747,204 ( 0.26%) 49,682,483 ( 0.22%)
jobs3 perfstat
instructions 154,857,283,657 ( 0.76) 2,565,748,974,197 ( 2.57) 161,515,435,813 ( 1.31)
branches 41,759,490,355 ( 670.529) 304,905,605,277 ( 978.765) 33,215,805,907 ( 888.003)
branch-misses 74,263,293 ( 0.18%) 759,746,240 ( 0.25%) 76,841,196 ( 0.23%)
jobs4 perfstat
instructions 206,215,849,076 ( 0.75) 3,420,169,460,897 ( 2.60) 215,003,061,664 ( 1.31)
branches 55,632,141,739 ( 666.501) 406,394,977,433 ( 927.241) 44,214,322,251 ( 883.532)
branch-misses 102,287,788 ( 0.18%) 1,098,617,314 ( 0.27%) 103,891,040 ( 0.23%)
jobs5 perfstat
instructions 258,711,315,588 ( 0.67) 4,275,657,533,244 ( 2.23) 269,332,235,685 ( 1.08)
branches 69,802,821,166 ( 588.823) 507,996,211,252 ( 797.036) 55,450,846,129 ( 735.095)
branch-misses 129,217,214 ( 0.19%) 1,243,284,991 ( 0.24%) 173,512,278 ( 0.31%)
jobs6 perfstat
instructions 312,796,166,008 ( 0.61) 5,133,896,344,660 ( 2.02) 323,658,769,588 ( 1.04)
branches 84,372,488,583 ( 520.541) 610,310,494,402 ( 697.642) 66,683,292,992 ( 693.939)
branch-misses 159,438,978 ( 0.19%) 1,396,368,563 ( 0.23%) 174,406,934 ( 0.26%)
jobs7 perfstat
instructions 363,211,372,930 ( 0.56) 5,988,205,600,879 ( 1.75) 377,824,674,156 ( 0.93)
branches 98,057,013,765 ( 463.117) 711,841,255,974 ( 598.762) 77,879,009,954 ( 600.443)
branch-misses 199,513,153 ( 0.20%) 1,507,651,077 ( 0.21%) 248,203,369 ( 0.32%)
jobs8 perfstat
instructions 413,960,354,615 ( 0.52) 6,842,918,558,378 ( 1.45) 431,938,486,581 ( 0.83)
branches 111,812,574,884 ( 414.224) 813,299,084,518 ( 491.173) 89,062,699,827 ( 517.795)
branch-misses 233,584,845 ( 0.21%) 1,531,593,921 ( 0.19%) 286,818,489 ( 0.32%)
jobs9 perfstat
instructions 465,976,220,300 ( 0.53) 7,698,467,237,372 ( 1.47) 486,352,600,321 ( 0.84)
branches 125,931,456,162 ( 424.063) 915,207,005,715 ( 498.192) 100,370,404,090 ( 517.439)
branch-misses 256,992,445 ( 0.20%) 1,782,809,816 ( 0.19%) 345,239,380 ( 0.34%)
jobs10 perfstat
instructions 517,406,372,715 ( 0.53) 8,553,527,312,900 ( 1.48) 540,732,653,094 ( 0.84)
branches 139,839,780,676 ( 427.732) 1,016,737,699,389 ( 503.172) 111,696,557,638 ( 516.750)
branch-misses 259,595,561 ( 0.19%) 1,952,570,279 ( 0.19%) 357,818,661 ( 0.32%)


seconds elapsed 20.630411534 96.084546565 12.743373571
seconds elapsed 22.292627625 100.984155001 14.407413560
seconds elapsed 22.396016966 110.344880848 14.032201392
seconds elapsed 22.517330949 113.351459170 14.243074935
seconds elapsed 28.548305104 156.515193765 19.159286861
seconds elapsed 30.453538116 164.559937678 19.362492717
seconds elapsed 33.467108086 188.486827481 21.492612173
seconds elapsed 35.617727591 209.602677783 23.256422492
seconds elapsed 42.584239509 243.959902566 28.458540338
seconds elapsed 47.683632526 269.635248851 31.542404137


over all, ZSTD has slower WRITE, but much faster READ (perhaps a static
compression buffer helps ZSTD a lot), which results in faster test results.

now, memory consumption (zram mm_stat file)

zram-LZO-mm_stat
mm_stat (jobs1): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs2): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs3): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33562624 0 0
mm_stat (jobs4): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs5): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs6): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33562624 0 0
mm_stat (jobs7): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33566720 0 0
mm_stat (jobs8): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs9): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33558528 0 0
mm_stat (jobs10): 2147483648 23068672 33558528 0 33562624 0 0

zram-DEFLATE-mm_stat
mm_stat (jobs1): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs2): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs3): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs4): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs5): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs6): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs7): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25190400 0 0
mm_stat (jobs8): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25190400 0 0
mm_stat (jobs9): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0
mm_stat (jobs10): 2147483648 16252928 25178112 0 25178112 0 0

zram-ZSTD-mm_stat
mm_stat (jobs1): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs2): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs3): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16785408 0 0
mm_stat (jobs4): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs5): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs6): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs7): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs8): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0
mm_stat (jobs9): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16785408 0 0
mm_stat (jobs10): 2147483648 11010048 16781312 0 16781312 0 0


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