Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] btrfs: Use larger zlib buffer for s390 hardware compression

[Josef Bacik]

On 1/3/20 5:33 PM, Mikhail Zaslonko wrote:
> In order to benefit from s390 zlib hardware compression support,
> increase the btrfs zlib workspace buffer size from 1 to 4 pages (if
> s390 zlib hardware support is enabled on the machine). This brings up
> to 60% better performance in hardware on s390 compared to the PAGE_SIZE
> buffer and much more compared to the software zlib processing in btrfs.
> In case of memory pressure fall back to a single page buffer during
> workspace allocation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mikhail Zaslonko <zaslonko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   fs/btrfs/compression.c |   2 +-
>   fs/btrfs/zlib.c        | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   2 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/compression.c b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
> index ee834ef7beb4..6bd0e75a822c 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/compression.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/compression.c
> @@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ int btrfs_decompress_buf2page(const char *buf, unsigned long buf_start,
>   	/* copy bytes from the working buffer into the pages */
>   	while (working_bytes > 0) {
>   		bytes = min_t(unsigned long, bvec.bv_len,
> -				PAGE_SIZE - buf_offset);
> +				PAGE_SIZE - (buf_offset % PAGE_SIZE));
>   		bytes = min(bytes, working_bytes);
>   
>   		kaddr = kmap_atomic(bvec.bv_page);
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/zlib.c b/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
> index a6c90a003c12..159486801631 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/zlib.c
> @@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
>   #include <linux/refcount.h>
>   #include "compression.h"
>   
> +#define ZLIB_DFLTCC_BUF_SIZE    (4 * PAGE_SIZE)
> +
>   struct workspace {
>   	z_stream strm;
>   	char *buf;
> +	unsigned long buf_size;
>   	struct list_head list;
>   	int level;
>   };
> @@ -61,7 +64,17 @@ struct list_head *zlib_alloc_workspace(unsigned int level)
>   			zlib_inflate_workspacesize());
>   	workspace->strm.workspace = kvmalloc(workspacesize, GFP_KERNEL);
>   	workspace->level = level;
> -	workspace->buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	workspace->buf = NULL;
> +	if (zlib_deflate_dfltcc_enabled()) {
> +		workspace->buf = kmalloc(ZLIB_DFLTCC_BUF_SIZE,
> +					 __GFP_NOMEMALLOC | __GFP_NORETRY |
> +					 __GFP_NOWARN | GFP_NOIO);
> +		workspace->buf_size = ZLIB_DFLTCC_BUF_SIZE;
> +	}
> +	if (!workspace->buf) {
> +		workspace->buf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +		workspace->buf_size = PAGE_SIZE;
> +	}
>   	if (!workspace->strm.workspace || !workspace->buf)
>   		goto fail;
>   
> @@ -78,6 +91,7 @@ int zlib_compress_pages(struct list_head *ws, struct address_space *mapping,
>   		unsigned long *total_in, unsigned long *total_out)
>   {
>   	struct workspace *workspace = list_entry(ws, struct workspace, list);
> +	int i;
>   	int ret;
>   	char *data_in;
>   	char *cpage_out;
> @@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ int zlib_compress_pages(struct list_head *ws, struct address_space *mapping,
>   	struct page *in_page = NULL;
>   	struct page *out_page = NULL;
>   	unsigned long bytes_left;
> +	unsigned long in_buf_pages;
>   	unsigned long len = *total_out;
>   	unsigned long nr_dest_pages = *out_pages;
>   	const unsigned long max_out = nr_dest_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
> @@ -102,9 +117,6 @@ int zlib_compress_pages(struct list_head *ws, struct address_space *mapping,
>   	workspace->strm.total_in = 0;
>   	workspace->strm.total_out = 0;
>   
> -	in_page = find_get_page(mapping, start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> -	data_in = kmap(in_page);
> -
>   	out_page = alloc_page(GFP_NOFS | __GFP_HIGHMEM);
>   	if (out_page == NULL) {
>   		ret = -ENOMEM;
> @@ -114,12 +126,48 @@ int zlib_compress_pages(struct list_head *ws, struct address_space *mapping,
>   	pages[0] = out_page;
>   	nr_pages = 1;
>   
> -	workspace->strm.next_in = data_in;
> +	workspace->strm.next_in = workspace->buf;
> +	workspace->strm.avail_in = 0;
>   	workspace->strm.next_out = cpage_out;
>   	workspace->strm.avail_out = PAGE_SIZE;
> -	workspace->strm.avail_in = min(len, PAGE_SIZE);
>   
>   	while (workspace->strm.total_in < len) {
> +		/* get next input pages and copy the contents to
> +		 * the workspace buffer if required
> +		 */
> +		if (workspace->strm.avail_in == 0) {
> +			bytes_left = len - workspace->strm.total_in;
> +			in_buf_pages = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(bytes_left, PAGE_SIZE),
> +					   workspace->buf_size / PAGE_SIZE);
> +			if (in_buf_pages > 1) {
> +				for (i = 0; i < in_buf_pages; i++) {
> +					if (in_page) {
> +						kunmap(in_page);
> +						put_page(in_page);
> +					}
> +					in_page = find_get_page(mapping,
> +								start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +					data_in = kmap(in_page);
> +					memcpy(workspace->buf + i*PAGE_SIZE,
> +					       data_in, PAGE_SIZE);
> +					start += PAGE_SIZE;
> +				}

Is there a reason to leave the last in_page mapped here?  I realize we'll clean 
it up further down, but since we're copying everything into the buf anyway why 
not just map->copy->unmap for everything?

> +				workspace->strm.next_in = workspace->buf;
> +			} else {
> +				if (in_page) {
> +					kunmap(in_page);
> +					put_page(in_page);
> +				}
> +				in_page = find_get_page(mapping,
> +							start >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> +				data_in = kmap(in_page);
> +				start += PAGE_SIZE;
> +				workspace->strm.next_in = data_in;
> +			}
> +			workspace->strm.avail_in = min(bytes_left,
> +						       workspace->buf_size);
> +		}
> +
>   		ret = zlib_deflate(&workspace->strm, Z_SYNC_FLUSH);
>   		if (ret != Z_OK) {
>   			pr_debug("BTRFS: deflate in loop returned %d\n",
> @@ -136,6 +184,7 @@ int zlib_compress_pages(struct list_head *ws, struct address_space *mapping,
>   			ret = -E2BIG;
>   			goto out;
>   		}
> +

Extra newline.  Thanks,

Josef