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[11/16] lib: enable lzma decompression support for SPL build

Message ID 1578452513-7045-1-git-send-email-weijie.gao@mediatek.com
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Series [01/16] configs: mtmips: add missing board selection for gardena-smart-gateway-mt7688 | expand

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Weijie Gao Jan. 8, 2020, 3:01 a.m. UTC
This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build

Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
---
 lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
 lib/Makefile | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Heinrich Schuchardt Jan. 8, 2020, 7:22 a.m. UTC | #1
On 1/8/20 4:01 AM, Weijie Gao wrote:
> This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build
>
> Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
> ---
>   lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
>   lib/Makefile | 1 +
>   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ config SPL_LZ4
>   	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
>   	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
>
> +config SPL_LZMA
> +	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
> +	help
> +	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.

%s/altorithm/algorithm/g

Why do we need yet another algorithm for compression?

Doesn't Zstandard provide a much faster decompression?
Cf. https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/home/web-compression

Best regards

Heinrich

> +
>   config SPL_LZO
>   	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
>   	help
> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
> --- a/lib/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/Makefile
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
>   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
>   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
>   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
>   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
>
>   obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/
>
Weijie Gao Jan. 9, 2020, 8:10 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 08:22 +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> 
> On 1/8/20 4:01 AM, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
> > ---
> >   lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
> >   lib/Makefile | 1 +
> >   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
> > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ config SPL_LZ4
> >   	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
> >   	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
> >
> > +config SPL_LZMA
> > +	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
> > +	help
> > +	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.
> 
> %s/altorithm/algorithm/g
> 
> Why do we need yet another algorithm for compression?
> 
> Doesn't Zstandard provide a much faster decompression?
> Cf. https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/home/web-compression
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Heinrich
> 
> > +
> >   config SPL_LZO
> >   	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
> >   	help
> > diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> > index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
> > --- a/lib/Makefile
> > +++ b/lib/Makefile
> > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
> >
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/
> >

Hi Heinrich,

I need an algorithm with the maximum compression ratio to reduce the
size of the u-boot payload as much as possible.

I believe currently lzma and xz are the best choices.
Refer to:
https://catchchallenger.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip_vs_Bzip2_vs_LZMA_vs_XZ_vs_LZ4_vs_LZO

Although they will take longer time for compression and decompression,
considering that the u-boot payload is usually small (<= 1MiB), there
will not be significant effect on decompression time.

Best Regards,

Weijie
Tom Rini Jan. 9, 2020, 5:45 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 04:10:12PM +0800, Weijie Gao wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 08:22 +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > 
> > On 1/8/20 4:01 AM, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > > This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
> > > ---
> > >   lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
> > >   lib/Makefile | 1 +
> > >   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > > index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
> > > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > > @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ config SPL_LZ4
> > >   	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
> > >   	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
> > >
> > > +config SPL_LZMA
> > > +	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
> > > +	help
> > > +	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.
> > 
> > %s/altorithm/algorithm/g
> > 
> > Why do we need yet another algorithm for compression?
> > 
> > Doesn't Zstandard provide a much faster decompression?
> > Cf. https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/home/web-compression
> > 
> > Best regards
> > 
> > Heinrich
> > 
> > > +
> > >   config SPL_LZO
> > >   	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
> > >   	help
> > > diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> > > index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
> > > --- a/lib/Makefile
> > > +++ b/lib/Makefile
> > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
> > >
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/
> > >
> 
> Hi Heinrich,
> 
> I need an algorithm with the maximum compression ratio to reduce the
> size of the u-boot payload as much as possible.
> 
> I believe currently lzma and xz are the best choices.
> Refer to:
> https://catchchallenger.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip_vs_Bzip2_vs_LZMA_vs_XZ_vs_LZ4_vs_LZO
> 
> Although they will take longer time for compression and decompression,
> considering that the u-boot payload is usually small (<= 1MiB), there
> will not be significant effect on decompression time.

Where does zstd fall in the list however?  Can you please try that and
report back?  Thanks!
Weijie Gao Jan. 10, 2020, 8:21 a.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 12:45 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 04:10:12PM +0800, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 08:22 +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > > 
> > > On 1/8/20 4:01 AM, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > > > This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >   lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
> > > >   lib/Makefile | 1 +
> > > >   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ config SPL_LZ4
> > > >   	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
> > > >   	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
> > > >
> > > > +config SPL_LZMA
> > > > +	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
> > > > +	help
> > > > +	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.
> > > 
> > > %s/altorithm/algorithm/g
> > > 
> > > Why do we need yet another algorithm for compression?
> > > 
> > > Doesn't Zstandard provide a much faster decompression?
> > > Cf. https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/home/web-compression
> > > 
> > > Best regards
> > > 
> > > Heinrich
> > > 
> > > > +
> > > >   config SPL_LZO
> > > >   	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
> > > >   	help
> > > > diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> > > > index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
> > > > --- a/lib/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/lib/Makefile
> > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
> > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
> > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
> > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
> > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
> > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
> > > >
> > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/
> > > >
> > 
> > Hi Heinrich,
> > 
> > I need an algorithm with the maximum compression ratio to reduce the
> > size of the u-boot payload as much as possible.
> > 
> > I believe currently lzma and xz are the best choices.
> > Refer to:
> > https://catchchallenger.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip_vs_Bzip2_vs_LZMA_vs_XZ_vs_LZ4_vs_LZO
> > 
> > Although they will take longer time for compression and decompression,
> > considering that the u-boot payload is usually small (<= 1MiB), there
> > will not be significant effect on decompression time.
> 
> Where does zstd fall in the list however?  Can you please try that and
> report back?  Thanks!
> 

My purpose is to reduce the size of u-boot binary, and my plan is to
compress the payload and the SPL decompress it at runtime.
I need smallest size here, not fastest decompression speed.

So there are two points must be taken into consideration:
the size of the decompressor (i.e. u-boot-spl.bin) and the size of the
compressed payload (u-boot.bin.gz/bz2/...).

Below is my test results, including all compression algorithms supported
by uImage, plus zstd:

Platform: mips - mt7628

Uncompressed size of u-boot.bin: 302736 (295KiB)

Commands for compression:
gzip -c -f -k -9
bzip2 -c -f -k -9
lzma -c -z -k -9
lzop -c -f -9
lz4 -f -9
zstd --ultra -f

Results:
algo. | spl.bin size  | compressed size | % of uncomp | total size
------------------------------------------------------------------------
gzip  | 26232 (25.6K) | 141207 (137KiB) | 46.64%      | 167439 (163KiB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
bzip2 | 30616 (29.8K) | 135403 (132KiB) | 44.72%      | 166019 (162KiB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
lzma  | 18920 (18.4K) | 112660 (110KiB) | 37.21%      | 131580 (128KiB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
lzo   | 13288 (12.9K) | 152409 (148KiB) | 50.34%      | 165697 (161KiB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
lz4   | 12408 (12.1K) | 167311 (163KiB) | 55.27%      | 179719 (175KiB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
zstd  | 44824 (43.7K) | 149765 (146KiB) | 49.47%      | 194589 (190KiB)

As you can see lzma has the best compression ratio. The is the reason I
chose lzma here.

Best Regards
Tom Rini Jan. 10, 2020, 2:17 p.m. UTC | #5
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 04:21:35PM +0800, Weijie Gao wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 12:45 -0500, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 04:10:12PM +0800, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2020-01-08 at 08:22 +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On 1/8/20 4:01 AM, Weijie Gao wrote:
> > > > > This patch enables LZMA decompression support for SPL build
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Weijie Gao <weijie.gao at mediatek.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   lib/Kconfig  | 5 +++++
> > > > >   lib/Makefile | 1 +
> > > > >   2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > > index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
> > > > > --- a/lib/Kconfig
> > > > > +++ b/lib/Kconfig
> > > > > @@ -418,6 +418,11 @@ config SPL_LZ4
> > > > >   	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
> > > > >   	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
> > > > >
> > > > > +config SPL_LZMA
> > > > > +	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
> > > > > +	help
> > > > > +	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.
> > > > 
> > > > %s/altorithm/algorithm/g
> > > > 
> > > > Why do we need yet another algorithm for compression?
> > > > 
> > > > Doesn't Zstandard provide a much faster decompression?
> > > > Cf. https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/home/web-compression
> > > > 
> > > > Best regards
> > > > 
> > > > Heinrich
> > > > 
> > > > > +
> > > > >   config SPL_LZO
> > > > >   	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
> > > > >   	help
> > > > > diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
> > > > > index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
> > > > > --- a/lib/Makefile
> > > > > +++ b/lib/Makefile
> > > > > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
> > > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
> > > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
> > > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
> > > > > +obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
> > > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
> > > > >
> > > > >   obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/
> > > > >
> > > 
> > > Hi Heinrich,
> > > 
> > > I need an algorithm with the maximum compression ratio to reduce the
> > > size of the u-boot payload as much as possible.
> > > 
> > > I believe currently lzma and xz are the best choices.
> > > Refer to:
> > > https://catchchallenger.first-world.info/wiki/Quick_Benchmark:_Gzip_vs_Bzip2_vs_LZMA_vs_XZ_vs_LZ4_vs_LZO
> > > 
> > > Although they will take longer time for compression and decompression,
> > > considering that the u-boot payload is usually small (<= 1MiB), there
> > > will not be significant effect on decompression time.
> > 
> > Where does zstd fall in the list however?  Can you please try that and
> > report back?  Thanks!
> > 
> 
> My purpose is to reduce the size of u-boot binary, and my plan is to
> compress the payload and the SPL decompress it at runtime.
> I need smallest size here, not fastest decompression speed.
> 
> So there are two points must be taken into consideration:
> the size of the decompressor (i.e. u-boot-spl.bin) and the size of the
> compressed payload (u-boot.bin.gz/bz2/...).
> 
> Below is my test results, including all compression algorithms supported
> by uImage, plus zstd:
> 
> Platform: mips - mt7628
> 
> Uncompressed size of u-boot.bin: 302736 (295KiB)
> 
> Commands for compression:
> gzip -c -f -k -9
> bzip2 -c -f -k -9
> lzma -c -z -k -9
> lzop -c -f -9
> lz4 -f -9
> zstd --ultra -f
> 
> Results:
> algo. | spl.bin size  | compressed size | % of uncomp | total size
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> gzip  | 26232 (25.6K) | 141207 (137KiB) | 46.64%      | 167439 (163KiB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> bzip2 | 30616 (29.8K) | 135403 (132KiB) | 44.72%      | 166019 (162KiB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> lzma  | 18920 (18.4K) | 112660 (110KiB) | 37.21%      | 131580 (128KiB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> lzo   | 13288 (12.9K) | 152409 (148KiB) | 50.34%      | 165697 (161KiB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> lz4   | 12408 (12.1K) | 167311 (163KiB) | 55.27%      | 179719 (175KiB)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> zstd  | 44824 (43.7K) | 149765 (146KiB) | 49.47%      | 194589 (190KiB)
> 
> As you can see lzma has the best compression ratio. The is the reason I
> chose lzma here.

Thanks, that's exactly the kind of data I was looking for.

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
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diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 965cf7bc03..2f38e37802 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -418,6 +418,11 @@  config SPL_LZ4
 	  fast compression and decompression speed. It belongs to the LZ77
 	  family of byte-oriented compression schemes.
 
+config SPL_LZMA
+	bool "Enable LZMA decompression support for SPL build"
+	help
+	  This enables support for LZMA compression altorithm for SPL boot.
+
 config SPL_LZO
 	bool "Enable LZO decompression support in SPL"
 	help
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 1fb650cd90..8e51eec01c 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@  obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZLIB) += zlib/
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)ZSTD) += zstd/
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)GZIP) += gunzip.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZO) += lzo/
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZMA) += lzma/
 obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_)LZ4) += lz4_wrapper.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_LIBAVB) += libavb/