Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: compress: Allow modular (de)compression algorithms

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 12:51 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If F2FS_FS is modular, enabling the compressions options
> F2FS_FS_{LZ4,LZ4HZ,LZO,LZORLE,ZSTD} will make the (de)compression
> algorithms {LZ4,LZ4HC,LZO,ZSTD}_{,DE}COMPRESS builtin instead of
> modular, as the former depend on an intermediate boolean
> F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION, which in-turn depends on tristate F2FS_FS.
>
> Indeed, if a boolean symbol A depends directly on a tristate symbol B
> and selects another tristate symbol C:
>
>     tristate B
>
>     tristate C
>
>     bool A
>       depends on B
>       select C
>
> and B is modular, then C will also be modular.
>
> However, if there is an intermediate boolean D in the dependency chain
> between A and B:
>
>     tristate B
>
>     tristate C
>
>     bool D
>       depends on B
>
>     bool A
>       depends on D
>       select C
>
> then the modular state won't propagate from B to C, and C will be
> builtin instead of modular.
>
> As modular dependency propagation through intermediate symbols is
> obscure, fix this in a robust way by moving the selection of tristate
> (de)compression algorithms from the boolean compression options to the
> tristate main F2FS_FS option.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>



> ---
> v3:
>   - Drop redundant selects (F2FS_FS_LZORLE depends on F2FS_FS_LZO),
>
> v2:
>   - Move the selects to F2FS_FS instead of adding direct dependencies
>     on F2FS_FS.
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/Kconfig | 16 +++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/Kconfig b/fs/f2fs/Kconfig
> index 62e638a49bbf089a..7669de7b49cea189 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/Kconfig
> @@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ config F2FS_FS
>         select CRYPTO_CRC32
>         select F2FS_FS_XATTR if FS_ENCRYPTION
>         select FS_ENCRYPTION_ALGS if FS_ENCRYPTION
> +       select LZ4_COMPRESS if F2FS_FS_LZ4
> +       select LZ4_DECOMPRESS if F2FS_FS_LZ4
> +       select LZ4HC_COMPRESS if F2FS_FS_LZ4HC
> +       select LZO_COMPRESS if F2FS_FS_LZO
> +       select LZO_DECOMPRESS if F2FS_FS_LZO
> +       select ZSTD_COMPRESS if F2FS_FS_ZSTD
> +       select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS if F2FS_FS_ZSTD
>         help
>           F2FS is based on Log-structured File System (LFS), which supports
>           versatile "flash-friendly" features. The design has been focused on
> @@ -94,8 +101,6 @@ config F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
>  config F2FS_FS_LZO
>         bool "LZO compression support"
>         depends on F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
> -       select LZO_COMPRESS
> -       select LZO_DECOMPRESS
>         default y
>         help
>           Support LZO compress algorithm, if unsure, say Y.
> @@ -103,8 +108,6 @@ config F2FS_FS_LZO
>  config F2FS_FS_LZ4
>         bool "LZ4 compression support"
>         depends on F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
> -       select LZ4_COMPRESS
> -       select LZ4_DECOMPRESS
>         default y
>         help
>           Support LZ4 compress algorithm, if unsure, say Y.
> @@ -113,7 +116,6 @@ config F2FS_FS_LZ4HC
>         bool "LZ4HC compression support"
>         depends on F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
>         depends on F2FS_FS_LZ4
> -       select LZ4HC_COMPRESS
>         default y
>         help
>           Support LZ4HC compress algorithm, LZ4HC has compatible on-disk
> @@ -122,8 +124,6 @@ config F2FS_FS_LZ4HC
>  config F2FS_FS_ZSTD
>         bool "ZSTD compression support"
>         depends on F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
> -       select ZSTD_COMPRESS
> -       select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS
>         default y
>         help
>           Support ZSTD compress algorithm, if unsure, say Y.
> @@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ config F2FS_FS_LZORLE
>         bool "LZO-RLE compression support"
>         depends on F2FS_FS_COMPRESSION
>         depends on F2FS_FS_LZO
> -       select LZO_COMPRESS
> -       select LZO_DECOMPRESS
>         default y
>         help
>           Support LZO-RLE compress algorithm, if unsure, say Y.
> --
> 2.25.1
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada