[PATCH v2 4/8] zram: use crypto api to check alg availability

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Tue May 31 2016 - 08:20:58 EST


There is no way to get a string with all the crypto comp
algorithms supported by the crypto comp engine, so we need
to maintain our own backends list. At the same time we
additionally need to use crypto_has_comp() to make sure
that the user has requested a compression algorithm that is
recognized by the crypto comp engine. Relying on /proc/crypto
is not an options here, because it does not show not-yet-inserted
compression modules.

Example:

modprobe zram
cat /proc/crypto | grep -i lz4
modprobe lz4
cat /proc/crypto | grep -i lz4
name : lz4
driver : lz4-generic
module : lz4

So the user can't tell exactly if the lz4 is really supported
from /proc/crypto output, unless someone or something has loaded
it.

This patch also adds crypto_has_comp() to zcomp_available_show().
We store all the compression algorithms names in zcomp's `backends'
array, regardless the CONFIG_CRYPTO_FOO configuration, but show
only those that are also supported by crypto engine. This helps
user to know the exact list of compression algorithms that can be
used.

Example:
module lz4 is not loaded yet, but is supported by the crypto
engine. /proc/crypto has no information on this module, while
zram's `comp_algorithm' lists it:

cat /proc/crypto | grep -i lz4

cat /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm
[lzo] lz4 deflate lz4hc 842

We also now fully rely on crypto_has_comp() when configure a new
device. The existing `backends' array is kept for user's convenience
only -- there is no way to list all of the compression algorithms
supported by crypto -- and is not guaranteed to contain every
compression module name supported by the kernel. Switch to
crypto_has_comp() has an advantage of permitting the usage of
out-of-tree crypto compression modules (implementing S/W or H/W
compression).

Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt | 11 ++++++++
drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c | 16 +++++++-----
drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h | 5 ++--
4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
index 13100fb..7c05357 100644
--- a/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blockdev/zram.txt
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@ pre-created. Default: 1.
#select lzo compression algorithm
echo lzo > /sys/block/zram0/comp_algorithm

+ For the time being, the `comp_algorithm' content does not necessarily
+ show every compression algorithm supported by the kernel. We keep this
+ list primarily to simplify device configuration and one can configure
+ a new device with a compression algorithm that is not listed in
+ `comp_algorithm'. The thing is that, internally, ZRAM uses Crypto API
+ and, if some of the algorithms were built as modules, it's impossible
+ to list all of them using, for instance, /proc/crypto or any other
+ method. This, however, has an advantage of permitting the usage of
+ custom crypto compression modules (implementing S/W or H/W
+ compression).
+
4) Set Disksize
Set disk size by writing the value to sysfs node 'disksize'.
The value can be either in bytes or you can use mem suffixes.
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
index f357268..2381ca9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zcomp.c
@@ -26,17 +26,6 @@ static const char * const backends[] = {
NULL
};

-static const char *find_backend(const char *compress)
-{
- int i = 0;
- while (backends[i]) {
- if (sysfs_streq(compress, backends[i]))
- break;
- i++;
- }
- return backends[i];
-}
-
static void zcomp_strm_free(struct zcomp_strm *zstrm)
{
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(zstrm->tfm))
@@ -68,30 +57,53 @@ static struct zcomp_strm *zcomp_strm_alloc(struct zcomp *comp, gfp_t flags)
return zstrm;
}

+bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
+{
+ /*
+ * Crypto does not ignore a trailing new line symbol,
+ * so make sure you don't supply a string containing
+ * one.
+ * This also means that we keep `backends' array for
+ * zcomp_available_show() only and will init a new zram
+ * device with any compressing algorithm known to crypto
+ * api.
+ */
+ return crypto_has_comp(comp, 0, 0) == 1;
+}
+
/* show available compressors */
ssize_t zcomp_available_show(const char *comp, char *buf)
{
+ bool known_algorithm = false;
ssize_t sz = 0;
int i = 0;

- while (backends[i]) {
- if (!strcmp(comp, backends[i]))
+ for (; backends[i]; i++) {
+ if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(backends[i]))
+ continue;
+
+ if (!strcmp(comp, backends[i])) {
+ known_algorithm = true;
sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
"[%s] ", backends[i]);
- else
+ } else {
sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
"%s ", backends[i]);
- i++;
+ }
}
+
+ /*
+ * Out-of-tree module known to crypto api or a missing
+ * entry in `backends'.
+ */
+ if (!known_algorithm && zcomp_available_algorithm(comp))
+ sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz - 2,
+ "[%s] ", comp);
+
sz += scnprintf(buf + sz, PAGE_SIZE - sz, "\n");
return sz;
}

-bool zcomp_available_algorithm(const char *comp)
-{
- return find_backend(comp) != NULL;
-}
-
struct zcomp_strm *zcomp_stream_get(struct zcomp *comp)
{
return *get_cpu_ptr(comp->stream);
@@ -227,18 +239,16 @@ void zcomp_destroy(struct zcomp *comp)
struct zcomp *zcomp_create(const char *compress)
{
struct zcomp *comp;
- const char *backend;
int error;

- backend = find_backend(compress);
- if (!backend)
+ if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(compress))
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);

comp = kzalloc(sizeof(struct zcomp), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!comp)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

- comp->name = backend;
+ comp->name = compress;
error = zcomp_init(comp);
if (error) {
kfree(comp);
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index 65d1403..c2a1d7d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -342,9 +342,16 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t len)
{
struct zram *zram = dev_to_zram(dev);
+ char compressor[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
size_t sz;

- if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(buf))
+ strlcpy(compressor, buf, sizeof(compressor));
+ /* ignore trailing newline */
+ sz = strlen(compressor);
+ if (sz > 0 && compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
+ compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;
+
+ if (!zcomp_available_algorithm(compressor))
return -EINVAL;

down_write(&zram->init_lock);
@@ -353,13 +360,8 @@ static ssize_t comp_algorithm_store(struct device *dev,
pr_info("Can't change algorithm for initialized device\n");
return -EBUSY;
}
- strlcpy(zram->compressor, buf, sizeof(zram->compressor));
-
- /* ignore trailing newline */
- sz = strlen(zram->compressor);
- if (sz > 0 && zram->compressor[sz - 1] == '\n')
- zram->compressor[sz - 1] = 0x00;

+ strlcpy(zram->compressor, compressor, sizeof(compressor));
up_write(&zram->init_lock);
return len;
}
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index 3f5bf66..74fcf10 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
#ifndef _ZRAM_DRV_H_
#define _ZRAM_DRV_H_

-#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/rwsem.h>
#include <linux/zsmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/crypto.h>

#include "zcomp.h"

@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ struct zram {
* we can store in a disk.
*/
u64 disksize; /* bytes */
- char compressor[10];
+ char compressor[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
/*
* zram is claimed so open request will be failed
*/
--
2.8.3.394.g3916adf