zstd: Add WithLowerEncoderMem

zstd/blockenc.go

@@ -22,28 +22,44 @@ type blockEnc struct {
 	dictLitEnc *huff0.Scratch
 	wr         bitWriter
 
-	extraLits int
-	last      bool
-
+	extraLits         int
 	output            []byte
 	recentOffsets     [3]uint32
 	prevRecentOffsets [3]uint32
+
+	last   bool
+	lowMem bool
 }
 
 // init should be used once the block has been created.
 // If called more than once, the effect is the same as calling reset.
 func (b *blockEnc) init() {
-	if cap(b.literals) < maxCompressedLiteralSize {
-		b.literals = make([]byte, 0, maxCompressedLiteralSize)
-	}
-	const defSeqs = 200
-	b.literals = b.literals[:0]
-	if cap(b.sequences) < defSeqs {
-		b.sequences = make([]seq, 0, defSeqs)
-	}
-	if cap(b.output) < maxCompressedBlockSize {
-		b.output = make([]byte, 0, maxCompressedBlockSize)
+	if b.lowMem {
+		// 1K literals
+		if cap(b.literals) < 1<<10 {
+			b.literals = make([]byte, 0, 1<<10)
+		}
+		const defSeqs = 20
+		if cap(b.sequences) < defSeqs {
+			b.sequences = make([]seq, 0, defSeqs)
+		}
+		// 1K
+		if cap(b.output) < 1<<10 {
+			b.output = make([]byte, 0, 1<<10)
+		}
+	} else {
+		if cap(b.literals) < maxCompressedBlockSize {
+			b.literals = make([]byte, 0, maxCompressedBlockSize)
+		}
+		const defSeqs = 200
+		if cap(b.sequences) < defSeqs {
+			b.sequences = make([]seq, 0, defSeqs)
+		}
+		if cap(b.output) < maxCompressedBlockSize {
+			b.output = make([]byte, 0, maxCompressedBlockSize)
+		}
 	}
+
 	if b.coders.mlEnc == nil {
 		b.coders.mlEnc = &fseEncoder{}
 		b.coders.mlPrev = &fseEncoder{}

zstd/enc_base.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ type fastBase struct {
 	tmp         [8]byte
 	blk         *blockEnc
 	lastDictID  uint32
+	lowMem      bool
 }
 
 // CRC returns the underlying CRC writer.
@@ -57,15 +58,10 @@ func (e *fastBase) addBlock(src []byte) int32 {
 	// check if we have space already
 	if len(e.hist)+len(src) > cap(e.hist) {
 		if cap(e.hist) == 0 {
-			l := e.maxMatchOff * 2
-			// Make it at least 1MB.
-			if l < 1<<20 {
-				l = 1 << 20
-			}
-			e.hist = make([]byte, 0, l)
+			e.ensureHist(len(src))
 		} else {
-			if cap(e.hist) < int(e.maxMatchOff*2) {
-				panic("unexpected buffer size")
+			if cap(e.hist) < int(e.maxMatchOff+maxCompressedBlockSize) {
+				panic(fmt.Errorf("unexpected buffer cap %d, want at least %d with window %d", cap(e.hist), e.maxMatchOff+maxCompressedBlockSize, e.maxMatchOff))
 			}
 			// Move down
 			offset := int32(len(e.hist)) - e.maxMatchOff
@@ -79,6 +75,28 @@ func (e *fastBase) addBlock(src []byte) int32 {
 	return s
 }
 
+// ensureHist will ensure that history can keep at least this many bytes.
+func (e *fastBase) ensureHist(n int) {
+	if cap(e.hist) >= n {
+		return
+	}
+	l := e.maxMatchOff
+	if (e.lowMem && e.maxMatchOff > maxCompressedBlockSize) || e.maxMatchOff <= maxCompressedBlockSize {
+		l += maxCompressedBlockSize
+	} else {
+		l += e.maxMatchOff
+	}
+	// Make it at least 1MB.
+	if l < 1<<20 && !e.lowMem {
+		l = 1 << 20
+	}
+	// Make it at least the requested size.
+	if l < int32(n) {
+		l = int32(n)
+	}
+	e.hist = make([]byte, 0, l)
+}
+
 // useBlock will replace the block with the provided one,
 // but transfer recent offsets from the previous.
 func (e *fastBase) UseBlock(enc *blockEnc) {
@@ -117,7 +135,7 @@ func (e *fastBase) matchlen(s, t int32, src []byte) int32 {
 // Reset the encoding table.
 func (e *fastBase) resetBase(d *dict, singleBlock bool) {
 	if e.blk == nil {
-		e.blk = &blockEnc{}
+		e.blk = &blockEnc{lowMem: e.lowMem}
 		e.blk.init()
 	} else {
 		e.blk.reset(nil)

zstd/enc_best.go

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ encodeLoop:
 // Most notable difference is that src will not be copied for history and
 // we do not need to check for max match length.
 func (e *bestFastEncoder) EncodeNoHist(blk *blockEnc, src []byte) {
+	e.ensureHist(len(src))
 	e.Encode(blk, src)
 }
 

zstd/enc_better.go

@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ encodeLoop:
 // Most notable difference is that src will not be copied for history and
 // we do not need to check for max match length.
 func (e *betterFastEncoder) EncodeNoHist(blk *blockEnc, src []byte) {
+	e.ensureHist(len(src))
 	e.Encode(blk, src)
 }
 

zstd/encoder.go

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) Reset(w io.Writer) {
 		s.encoder = e.o.encoder()
 	}
 	if s.writing == nil {
-		s.writing = &blockEnc{}
+		s.writing = &blockEnc{lowMem: e.o.lowMem}
 		s.writing.init()
 	}
 	s.writing.initNewEncode()
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ func (e *Encoder) nextBlock(final bool) error {
 	}
 	if !s.headerWritten {
 		// If we have a single block encode, do a sync compression.
+		if final && len(s.filling) == 0 && !e.o.fullZero {
+			s.headerWritten = true
+			s.fullFrameWritten = true
+			s.eofWritten = true
+			return nil
+		}
 		if final && len(s.filling) > 0 {
 			s.current = e.EncodeAll(s.filling, s.current[:0])
 			var n2 int
@@ -471,7 +477,7 @@ func (e *Encoder) EncodeAll(src, dst []byte) []byte {
 	}
 
 	// If less than 1MB, allocate a buffer up front.
-	if len(dst) == 0 && cap(dst) == 0 && len(src) < 1<<20 {
+	if len(dst) == 0 && cap(dst) == 0 && len(src) < 1<<20 && !e.o.lowMem {
 		dst = make([]byte, 0, len(src))
 	}
 	dst, err := fh.appendTo(dst)

zstd/encoder_options.go

@@ -24,33 +24,34 @@ type encoderOptions struct {
 	allLitEntropy   bool
 	customWindow    bool
 	customALEntropy bool
+	lowMem          bool
 	dict            *dict
 }
 
 func (o *encoderOptions) setDefault() {
 	*o = encoderOptions{
-		// use less ram: true for now, but may change.
 		concurrent:    runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0),
 		crc:           true,
 		single:        nil,
 		blockSize:     1 << 16,
 		windowSize:    8 << 20,
 		level:         SpeedDefault,
 		allLitEntropy: true,
+		lowMem:        false,
 	}
 }
 
 // encoder returns an encoder with the selected options.
 func (o encoderOptions) encoder() encoder {
 	switch o.level {
 	case SpeedDefault:
-		return &doubleFastEncoder{fastEncoder: fastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize)}}}
+		return &doubleFastEncoder{fastEncoder: fastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize), lowMem: o.lowMem}}}
 	case SpeedBetterCompression:
-		return &betterFastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize)}}
+		return &betterFastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize), lowMem: o.lowMem}}
 	case SpeedBestCompression:
-		return &bestFastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize)}}
+		return &bestFastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize), lowMem: o.lowMem}}
 	case SpeedFastest:
-		return &fastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize)}}
+		return &fastEncoder{fastBase: fastBase{maxMatchOff: int32(o.windowSize), lowMem: o.lowMem}}
 	}
 	panic("unknown compression level")
 }
@@ -276,6 +277,17 @@ func WithSingleSegment(b bool) EOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithLowerEncoderMem will trade in some memory cases trade less memory usage for
+// slower encoding speed.
+// This will not change the window size which is the primary function for reducing
+// memory usage. See WithWindowSize.
+func WithLowerEncoderMem(b bool) EOption {
+	return func(o *encoderOptions) error {
+		o.lowMem = b
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithEncoderDict allows to register a dictionary that will be used for the encode.
 // The encoder *may* choose to use no dictionary instead for certain payloads.
 func WithEncoderDict(dict []byte) EOption {