Summary:
We carry compression type and "cachable" variables for every block in the block cache, while they take well-known values. 8-byte is wasted for each block (2-byte for useful information but it takes 8 bytes because of padding). With this change, these two variables are removed.
The cachable information is only useful in the process of reading the block. We use other information to infer from it. For compressed blocks, the compression type is a part of the block content itself so we can get it from there.
Some code is slightly refactored so that the cachable information can flow better.
Another change is to only use class BlockContents for compressed block, and narrow the class Block to only be used for uncompressed blocks, including blocks in compressed block cache. This can make the Block class less confusing. It also saves tens of bytes for each block in compressed block cache.
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/pull/4650
Differential Revision: D12969070
Pulled By: siying
fbshipit-source-id: 548b62724e9eb66993026429fd9c7c3acd1f95ed
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