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authorNick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com>2020-07-30 12:08:37 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2020-07-31 11:49:08 +0200
commita30d8a39f0571425a459816ed8680e987a2ff279 (patch)
tree4f6f365a0b16eecb18d183ee55c8c5adca58de03 /usr
parent48f7ddf785af24aa380f3282d8d4400883d0099e (diff)
usr: Add support for zstd compressed initramfs
- Add support for a zstd compressed initramfs. - Add compression for compressing built-in initramfs with zstd. I have tested this patch by boot testing with buildroot and QEMU. Specifically, I booted the kernel with both a zstd and gzip compressed initramfs, both built into the kernel and separate. I ensured that the correct compression algorithm was used. I tested on arm, aarch64, i386, and x86_64. This patch has been tested in production on aarch64 and x86_64 devices. Additionally, I have performance measurements from internal use in production. On an aarch64 device we saw 19 second boot time improvement from switching from lzma to zstd (27 seconds to 8 seconds). On an x86_64 device we saw a 9 second boot time reduction from switching from xz to zstd. Signed-off-by: Nick Terrell <terrelln@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730190841.2071656-5-nickrterrell@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'usr')
-rw-r--r--usr/Kconfig20
-rw-r--r--usr/Makefile1
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr/Kconfig b/usr/Kconfig
index 96afb03b65f9..2599bc21c1b2 100644
--- a/usr/Kconfig
+++ b/usr/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@ config RD_LZ4
Support loading of a LZ4 encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer
If unsure, say N.
+config RD_ZSTD
+ bool "Support initial ramdisk/ramfs compressed using ZSTD"
+ default y
+ depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD
+ select DECOMPRESS_ZSTD
+ help
+ Support loading of a ZSTD encoded initial ramdisk or cpio buffer.
+ If unsure, say N.
+
choice
prompt "Built-in initramfs compression mode"
depends on INITRAMFS_SOURCE != ""
@@ -196,6 +205,17 @@ config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4
If you choose this, keep in mind that most distros don't provide lz4
by default which could cause a build failure.
+config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD
+ bool "ZSTD"
+ depends on RD_ZSTD
+ help
+ ZSTD is a compression algorithm targeting intermediate compression
+ with fast decompression speed. It will compress better than GZIP and
+ decompress around the same speed as LZO, but slower than LZ4.
+
+ If you choose this, keep in mind that you may need to install the zstd
+ tool to be able to compress the initram.
+
config INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_NONE
bool "None"
help
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index c12e6b15ce72..b1a81a40eab1 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZMA) := lzma
compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_XZ) := xzmisc
compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZO) := lzo
compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_LZ4) := lz4
+compress-$(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_COMPRESSION_ZSTD) := zstd
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o