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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 3/3] qcow2: add zstd cluster compression


From: Denis Plotnikov
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 3/3] qcow2: add zstd cluster compression
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:17:46 +0000

Kevin, thanks for commenting. I'll resend the series shortly.

Denis

On 03.09.2019 17:12, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> Am 28.08.2019 um 14:56 hat Denis Plotnikov geschrieben:
>> zstd significantly reduces cluster compression time.
>> It provides better compression performance maintaining
>> the same level of compression ratio in comparison with
>> zlib, which, at the moment, has been the only compression
>> method available.
>>
>> The performance test results:
>> Test compresses and decompresses qemu qcow2 image with just
>> installed rhel-7.6 guest.
>> Image cluster size: 64K. Image on disk size: 2.2G
>>
>> The test was conducted with brd disk to reduce the influence
>> of disk subsystem to the test results.
>> The results is given in seconds.
>>
>> compress cmd:
>>    time ./qemu-img convert -O qcow2 -c -o compression_type=[zlib|zstd]
>>                    src.img [zlib|zstd]_compressed.img
>> decompress cmd
>>    time ./qemu-img convert -O qcow2
>>                    [zlib|zstd]_compressed.img uncompressed.img
>>
>>             compression               decompression
>>           zlib       zstd           zlib         zstd
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> real     65.5       16.3 (-75 %)    1.9          1.6 (-16 %)
>> user     65.0       15.8            5.3          2.5
>> sys       3.3        0.2            2.0          2.0
>>
>> Both ZLIB and ZSTD gave the same compression ratio: 1.57
>> compressed image size in both cases: 1.4G
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Denis Plotnikov <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>   block/qcow2-threads.c  | 107 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   block/qcow2.c          |   7 +++
>>   configure              |  34 +++++++++++++
>>   docs/interop/qcow2.txt |  20 ++++++++
>>   qapi/block-core.json   |   3 +-
>>   5 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/qcow2-threads.c b/block/qcow2-threads.c
>> index 14b5bd76fb..f6643976f4 100644
>> --- a/block/qcow2-threads.c
>> +++ b/block/qcow2-threads.c
>> @@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
>>   #define ZLIB_CONST
>>   #include <zlib.h>
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +#include <zstd.h>
>> +#include <zstd_errors.h>
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   #include "qcow2.h"
>>   #include "block/thread-pool.h"
>>   #include "crypto.h"
>> @@ -165,6 +170,98 @@ static ssize_t qcow2_zlib_decompress(void *dest, size_t 
>> dest_size,
>>       return ret;
>>   }
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +/*
>> + * qcow2_zstd_compress()
>> + *
>> + * Compress @src_size bytes of data using zstd compression method
>> + *
>> + * @dest - destination buffer, @dest_size bytes
>> + * @src - source buffer, @src_size bytes
>> + *
>> + * Returns: compressed size on success
>> + *          -ENOMEM destination buffer is not enough to store compressed 
>> data
>> + *          -EIO    on any other error
>> + */
>> +
>> +static ssize_t qcow2_zstd_compress(void *dest, size_t dest_size,
>> +                                   const void *src, size_t src_size)
>> +{
>> +    ssize_t ret;
>> +    uint32_t *c_size = dest;
>> +    /* steal some bytes to store compressed chunk size */
>> +    char *d_buf = ((char *) dest) + sizeof(*c_size);
>> +
>> +    /* snaity check that we can store the compressed data length */
> sanity
>
>> +    if (dest_size < sizeof(*c_size)) {
>> +        return -ENOMEM;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    dest_size -= sizeof(*c_size);
>> +
>> +    ret = ZSTD_compress(d_buf, dest_size, src, src_size, 5);
>> +
>> +    if (ZSTD_isError(ret)) {
>> +        if (ZSTD_getErrorCode(ret) == ZSTD_error_dstSize_tooSmall) {
>> +            return -ENOMEM;
>> +        } else {
>> +            return -EIO;
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    /* store the compressed chunk size in the very beginning of the buffer 
>> */
>> +    *c_size = cpu_to_be32(ret);
>> +
>> +    return ret + sizeof(*c_size);
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * qcow2_zstd_decompress()
>> + *
>> + * Decompress some data (not more than @src_size bytes) to produce exactly
>> + * @dest_size bytes using zstd compression method
>> + *
>> + * @dest - destination buffer, @dest_size bytes
>> + * @src - source buffer, @src_size bytes
>> + *
>> + * Returns: 0 on success
>> + *          -EIO on any error
>> + */
>> +
>> +static ssize_t qcow2_zstd_decompress(void *dest, size_t dest_size,
>> +                                     const void *src, size_t src_size)
>> +{
>> +    ssize_t ret;
>> +    /*
>> +     * zstd decompress wants to know the exact length of the data
>> +     * for that purpose, on the compression the length is stored in
>> +     * the very beginning of the compressed buffer
>> +     */
>> +    uint32_t s_size;
>> +    const char *s_buf = ((const char *) src) + sizeof(s_size);
>> +
>> +    /* sanity check that we can read the content length */
>> +    if (src_size < sizeof(s_size)) {
>> +        return -EIO;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    s_size = be32_to_cpu( *(const uint32_t *) src);
>> +
>> +    /* sanity check that the buffer is big enough to read the content */
>> +    if (src_size - sizeof(s_size) < s_size) {
>> +        return -EIO;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    ret = ZSTD_decompress(dest, dest_size, s_buf, s_size);
>> +
>> +    if (ZSTD_isError(ret)) {
>> +        return -EIO;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +#endif
>> +
>>   static int qcow2_compress_pool_func(void *opaque)
>>   {
>>       Qcow2CompressData *data = opaque;
>> @@ -216,6 +313,11 @@ qcow2_co_compress(BlockDriverState *bs, void *dest, 
>> size_t dest_size,
>>           fn = qcow2_zlib_compress;
>>           break;
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +    case QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD:
>> +        fn = qcow2_zstd_compress;
>> +        break;
>> +#endif
>>       default:
>>           return -ENOTSUP;
>>       }
>> @@ -248,6 +350,11 @@ qcow2_co_decompress(BlockDriverState *bs, void *dest, 
>> size_t dest_size,
>>           fn = qcow2_zlib_decompress;
>>           break;
>>   
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +    case QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD:
>> +        fn = qcow2_zstd_decompress;
>> +        break;
>> +#endif
>>       default:
>>           return -ENOTSUP;
>>       }
>> diff --git a/block/qcow2.c b/block/qcow2.c
>> index 2884b9d9f2..06f346e8cc 100644
>> --- a/block/qcow2.c
>> +++ b/block/qcow2.c
>> @@ -1201,6 +1201,9 @@ static int check_compression_type(BDRVQcow2State *s, 
>> Error **errp)
>>   {
>>       switch (s->compression_type) {
>>       case QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZLIB:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +    case QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD:
>> +#endif
>>           break;
>>   
>>       default:
>> @@ -3293,6 +3296,10 @@ qcow2_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions 
>> *create_options, Error **errp)
>>           qcow2_opts->compression_type != QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZLIB) {
>>   
>>           switch (qcow2_opts->compression_type) {
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ZSTD
>> +        case QCOW2_COMPRESSION_TYPE_ZSTD:
>> +            break;
>> +#endif
>>           default:
>>               error_setg_errno(errp, -EINVAL, "Unknown compression type");
>>               goto out;
>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>> index 714e7fb6a1..111c34878d 100755
>> --- a/configure
>> +++ b/configure
>> @@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ opengl_dmabuf="no"
>>   cpuid_h="no"
>>   avx2_opt=""
>>   zlib="yes"
>> +zstd=""
>>   capstone=""
>>   lzo=""
>>   snappy=""
>> @@ -1358,6 +1359,10 @@ for opt do
>>     ;;
>>     --disable-lzfse) lzfse="no"
>>     ;;
>> +  --enable-zstd) zstd="yes"
>> +  ;;
>> +  --disable-zstd) zstd="no"
>> +  ;;
>>     --enable-guest-agent) guest_agent="yes"
>>     ;;
>>     --disable-guest-agent) guest_agent="no"
>> @@ -1812,6 +1817,7 @@ disabled with --disable-FEATURE, default is enabled if 
>> available:
>>                     (for reading bzip2-compressed dmg images)
>>     lzfse           support of lzfse compression library
>>                     (for reading lzfse-compressed dmg images)
>> +  zstd            support of zstd compression library
>>     seccomp         seccomp support
>>     coroutine-pool  coroutine freelist (better performance)
>>     glusterfs       GlusterFS backend
>> @@ -2407,6 +2413,30 @@ EOF
>>       fi
>>   fi
>>   
>> +#########################################
>> +# zstd check
>> +
>> +if test "$zstd" == "yes" ; then
> This requires an explicit --enable-zstd for support to be enabled.
>
> The behaviour should be like with other optional libraries:
>
> --enable-zstd:  Enable zstd support, fail configure if the library is
>                  missing
>
> --diable-zstd:  Disable zstd support, the library is not needed
>
> default:        If libzstd is available, enable zstd support; otherwise
>                  disable it and continue building without std support
>
> The default isn't correctly implemented yet.
>
>> +    if $pkg_config --exists libzstd; then
>> +        zstd_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags libzstd)
>> +        zstd_libs=$($pkg_config --libs libzstd)
>> +        QEMU_CFLAGS="$zstd_cflags $QEMU_CFLAGS"
>> +        LIBS="$zstd_libs $LIBS"
>> +    else
>> +        cat > $TMPC << EOF
>> +#include <zstd.h>
>> +int main(void) { ZSTD_versionNumber(); return 0; }
>> +EOF
>> +        if compile_prog "" "-lzstd" ; then
>> +            LIBS="$LIBS -lzstd"
>> +        else
>> +            feature_not_found "zstd" "Install libzstd-devel"
>> +        fi
>> +    fi
>> +else
>> +    zstd="no"
>> +fi
>> +
>>   ##########################################
>>   # libseccomp check
>>   
>> @@ -6460,6 +6490,7 @@ echo "lzo support       $lzo"
>>   echo "snappy support    $snappy"
>>   echo "bzip2 support     $bzip2"
>>   echo "lzfse support     $lzfse"
>> +echo "zstd support      $zstd"
>>   echo "NUMA host support $numa"
>>   echo "libxml2           $libxml2"
>>   echo "tcmalloc support  $tcmalloc"
>> @@ -7306,6 +7337,9 @@ fi
>>   if test "$sheepdog" = "yes" ; then
>>     echo "CONFIG_SHEEPDOG=y" >> $config_host_mak
>>   fi
>> +if test "$zstd" = "yes" ; then
>> +  echo "CONFIG_ZSTD=y" >> $config_host_mak
>> +fi
>>   
>>   if test "$tcg_interpreter" = "yes"; then
>>     QEMU_INCLUDES="-iquote \$(SRC_PATH)/tcg/tci $QEMU_INCLUDES"
>> diff --git a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
>> index e1be8bd5c3..4b0dc124f5 100644
>> --- a/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
>> +++ b/docs/interop/qcow2.txt
>> @@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ in the description of a field.
>>                       must be set.
>>                       Available compression type values:
>>                           0: zlib <https://www.zlib.net/> (default)
>> +                        1: zstd <http://github.com/facebook/zstd>
>>   
>>   Directly after the image header, optional sections called header 
>> extensions can
>>   be stored. Each extension has a structure like the following:
>> @@ -536,6 +537,9 @@ Compressed Clusters Descriptor (x = 62 - (cluster_bits - 
>> 8)):
>>                       Another compressed cluster may map to the tail of the 
>> final
>>                       sector used by this compressed cluster.
>>   
>> +                    The layout of the compressed data depends on the 
>> compression
>> +                    type used for the image (see compressed cluster layout).
>> +
>>   If a cluster is unallocated, read requests shall read the data from the 
>> backing
>>   file (except if bit 0 in the Standard Cluster Descriptor is set). If there 
>> is
>>   no backing file or the backing file is smaller than the image, they shall 
>> read
>> @@ -788,3 +792,19 @@ In the image file the 'enabled' state is reflected by 
>> the 'auto' flag. If this
>>   flag is set, the software must consider the bitmap as 'enabled' and start
>>   tracking virtual disk changes to this bitmap from the first write to the
>>   virtual disk. If this flag is not set then the bitmap is disabled.
>> +
>> +=== Compressed cluster layout ===
>> +
>> +The compressed cluster data may have a different layout depending on the
>> +compression type used for the image, and store specific data for the 
>> particular
>> +compression type.
>> +
>> +Compressed data layout for the available compression types:
>> +(x = data_space_length - 1)
>> +
>> +    zlib <http://zlib.net/>:
>> +        Byte  0 -  x:     the compressed data content
>> +                          all the space provided used for compressed data
>> +    zstd <http://github.com/facebook/zstd>:
>> +        Byte  0 -  3:     the length of compressed data
>> +              4 -  x:     the compressed data content
> ...in bytes
>
>> diff --git a/qapi/block-core.json b/qapi/block-core.json
>> index 2c002ca6a9..9e458d5b40 100644
>> --- a/qapi/block-core.json
>> +++ b/qapi/block-core.json
>> @@ -4283,11 +4283,12 @@
>>   # Compression type used in qcow2 image file
>>   #
>>   # @zlib:  zlib compression, see <http://zlib.net/>
>> +# @zstd:  zstd compression, see <http://github.com/facebook/zstd>
>>   #
>>   # Since: 4.2
>>   ##
>>   { 'enum': 'Qcow2CompressionType',
>> -  'data': [ 'zlib' ] }
>> +  'data': [ 'zlib', { 'name': 'zstd', 'if': 'defined(CONFIG_ZSTD)' } ] }
>>   
>>   ##
>>   # @BlockdevCreateOptionsQcow2:
> Kevin



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