--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/fs/squashfs/Kconfig 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/fs/squashfs/Kconfig 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -25,6 +25,78 @@ If unsure, say N. +choice + prompt "File decompression options" + depends on SQUASHFS + help + Squashfs now supports two options for decompressing file + data. Traditionally Squashfs has decompressed into an + intermediate buffer and then memcopied it into the page cache. + Squashfs now supports the ability to decompress directly into + the page cache. + + If unsure, select "Decompress file data into an intermediate buffer" + +config SQUASHFS_FILE_CACHE + bool "Decompress file data into an intermediate buffer" + help + Decompress file data into an intermediate buffer and then + memcopy it into the page cache. + +config SQUASHFS_FILE_DIRECT + bool "Decompress files directly into the page cache" + help + Directly decompress file data into the page cache. + Doing so can significantly improve performance because + it eliminates a memcpy and it also removes the lock contention + on the single buffer. + +endchoice + +choice + prompt "Decompressor parallelisation options" + depends on SQUASHFS + help + Squashfs now supports three parallelisation options for + decompression. Each one exhibits various trade-offs between + decompression performance and CPU and memory usage. + + If in doubt, select "Single threaded compression" + +config SQUASHFS_DECOMP_SINGLE + bool "Single threaded compression" + help + Traditionally Squashfs has used single-threaded decompression. + Only one block (data or metadata) can be decompressed at any + one time. This limits CPU and memory usage to a minimum. + +config SQUASHFS_DECOMP_MULTI + bool "Use multiple decompressors for parallel I/O" + help + By default Squashfs uses a single decompressor but it gives + poor performance on parallel I/O workloads when using multiple CPU + machines due to waiting on decompressor availability. + + If you have a parallel I/O workload and your system has enough memory, + using this option may improve overall I/O performance. + + This decompressor implementation uses up to two parallel + decompressors per core. It dynamically allocates decompressors + on a demand basis. + +config SQUASHFS_DECOMP_MULTI_PERCPU + bool "Use percpu multiple decompressors for parallel I/O" + help + By default Squashfs uses a single decompressor but it gives + poor performance on parallel I/O workloads when using multiple CPU + machines due to waiting on decompressor availability. + + This decompressor implementation uses a maximum of one + decompressor per core. It uses percpu variables to ensure + decompression is load-balanced across the cores. + +endchoice + config SQUASHFS_XATTR bool "Squashfs XATTR support" depends on SQUASHFS @@ -48,6 +120,21 @@ If unsure, say Y. +config SQUASHFS_LZ4 + bool "Include support for LZ4 compressed file systems" + depends on SQUASHFS + select LZ4_DECOMPRESS + help + Saying Y here includes support for reading Squashfs file systems + compressed with LZ4 compression. LZ4 compression is mainly + aimed at embedded systems with slower CPUs where the overheads + of zlib are too high. + + LZ4 is not the standard compression used in Squashfs and so most + file systems will be readable without selecting this option. + + If unsure, say N. + config SQUASHFS_LZO bool "Include support for LZO compressed file systems" depends on SQUASHFS