squashfs: Enhance parallel I/O

Now squashfs have used for only one stream buffer for decompression
so it hurts parallel read performance so this patch supports
multiple decompressor to enhance performance parallel I/O.

Four 1G file dd read on KVM machine which has 2 CPU and 4G memory.

dd if=test/test1.dat of=/dev/null &
dd if=test/test2.dat of=/dev/null &
dd if=test/test3.dat of=/dev/null &
dd if=test/test4.dat of=/dev/null &

old : 1m39s -> new : 9s

* From v1
  * Change comp_strm with decomp_strm - Phillip
  * Change/add comments - Phillip

Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
index c70111e..1c6d340 100644
--- a/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/squashfs/Kconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ config SQUASHFS_LZO
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config SQUASHFS_MULTI_DECOMPRESSOR
+	bool "Use multiple decompressors for handling parallel I/O"
+	depends on SQUASHFS
+	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.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config SQUASHFS_XZ
 	bool "Include support for XZ compressed file systems"
 	depends on SQUASHFS