On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
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> On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 22:46 -0700, Jared Hulbert wrote:
> > +	err = zlib_inflateReset(&stream);
> > +	if (err != Z_OK) {
> > +		printk(KERN_ERR "zlib_inflateReset error %d\n", err);
> > +		zlib_inflateEnd(&stream);
> > +		zlib_inflateInit(&stream);
> > +	}
> 
> just FYI, are you aware that LZO which is also present in the kernel is
> much faster on decompress than zlib, while its compression is only
> slightly worse?

If you want support for multiple decompression algorithms, you can switch
from using zlib_inflate*() directly to calling zlib through the crypto API.
Then you can call crypto_alloc_comp() with the correct decompression algorithm
name.

For squashfs, I had to modify only ca. 40 lines of code.

You do need a new zlib crypto module, as the existing deflate crypto module
uses the raw deflate format instead of the zlib format, and has some parameters
tuned for its use in IPSec.

I hope to have some patches ready next week...

With kind regards,

Geert Uytterhoeven
Software Architect

Sony Techsoft Centre Europe
The Corporate Village