The patch titled Subject: zram: add zstd to the supported algorithms list has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: zram: add zstd to the supported algorithms list Add ZSTD to the list of supported compression algorithms. ZRAM fio perf test: 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 used during the test helped ZSTD a lot), which results in faster test results. 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 ================================================================================== Official benchmarks [1]: Compressor name Ratio Compression Decompress. zstd 1.1.3 -1 2.877 430 MB/s 1110 MB/s zlib 1.2.8 -1 2.743 110 MB/s 400 MB/s brotli 0.5.2 -0 2.708 400 MB/s 430 MB/s quicklz 1.5.0 -1 2.238 550 MB/s 710 MB/s lzo1x 2.09 -1 2.108 650 MB/s 830 MB/s lz4 1.7.5 2.101 720 MB/s 3600 MB/s snappy 1.1.3 2.091 500 MB/s 1650 MB/s lzf 3.6 -1 2.077 400 MB/s 860 MB/s Minchan said: : I did test with my sample data and compared zstd with deflate. zstd's : compress ratio is lower a little bit but compression speed is much faster : 3 times more and decompress speed is too 2 times more. With different : data, it is different but overall, zstd would be better for speed at the : cost of a little lower compress ratio(about 5%) so I believe it's worth to : replace deflate. [1] https://github.com/facebook/zstd Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170912050005.3247-1-sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c~zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c --- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c~zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list +++ a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c @@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ static const char * const backends[] = { #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_842) "842", #endif +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CRYPTO_ZSTD) + "zstd", +#endif NULL }; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from sergey.senozhatsky.work@xxxxxxxxx are zram-add-zstd-to-the-supported-algorithms-list.patch zram-remove-zlib-from-the-list-of-recommended-algorithms.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html