[Patch 06/18] fs/logfs/compr.c

[Jörn Engel]

On Sun, 3 June 2007 23:58:43 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Sunday 03 June 2007, Jörn Engel wrote:
> > +#define COMPR_LEVEL 3
> > +
> > +static DEFINE_MUTEX(compr_mutex);
> > +static struct z_stream_s stream;
> 
> Is there a particular reason to choose '3' as the only compression
> level? Should this perhaps be a per-superblock option instead?

There is no particular reason.  '3' should be a reasonable value for
most people.  If actual users want to change this value, I can make it a
mount option as well.  Right now I'm just lazy and doubt the merits.

> Also, I thought I saw discussion about making the mutex and
> stream per-superblock, but don't remember if the idea was discarded.
> If it was, you might want to add it to the won't-happen list.

It was more or less discarded.  As long as the sweet spot for LogFS is
small systems, saving memory is more important than multithreaded
performance.  Will add it to the list.

Jörn

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