Re: [PATCH v2] pstore: Adjust buffer size for compression for smallerregistered buffers

[Aruna Balakrishnaiah]

On Thursday 12 September 2013 11:13 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> +	default:
> +		cmpr = 60;
> +		break;
> +	}
>
> Is this the right "default"?  It may be a good choice for a backend with a really
> tiny buffer (1 ... 999).  But less good for a (theoretical) backend with a larger
> buffer (10001 ... infinity and beyond).  Which are you trying to catch here?

Trying to catch lower buffers and also tried till 23k ( 10k * 100/45) of text with a
sample crash logit achieved a good compression of 25%. Since the upper limit is 
not known
and compression behavior is not tested above 10k chose to keep a higher default 
of 60.

> -Tony
>
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