Re: [PATCH v6 0/2] squashfs: Add the mount parameter "threads="

[Phillip Lougher]

On 19/10/2022 04:09, Xiaoming Ni wrote:
> Currently, Squashfs supports multiple decompressor parallel modes. However, this
> mode can be configured only during kernel building and does not support flexible
> selection during runtime.
>
> In the current patch set, the mount parameter "threads=" is added to allow users
> to select the parallel decompressor mode and configure the number of decompressors
> when mounting a file system.
>
> "threads=<single|multi|percpu|1|2|3|...>"
> The upper limit is num_online_cpus() * 2.
>
> v6: fix opt->thread_ops unassigned if CONFIG_SQUASHFS_CHOICE_DECOMP_BY_MOUNT is not set.

This version looks good to me.  Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220930091406.50869-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
>    fix a low-level mistake in patching:
>    fs/squashfs/super.c:492:7: warning: "CONFIG_SQUASHFS_DECOMP_MULTI" is
>    not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
>
> v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220916083604.33408-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
>   Based on Philip Lougher's suggestion, make the following updates:
>   1. Use static modifiers to avoid changing symbol names.
>   2. Fixed some formatting issues
>
> v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220902094855.22666-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
>    Based on Philip Lougher's suggestion, make the following updates:
>    1. The default configuration is the same as that before the patch installation.
>    2. Compile the three decompression modes when the new configuration is enabled.
>    3. "threads=1" supports only the SQUASHFS_DECOMP_SINGLE mode.
>
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220816010052.15764-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
>    fix warning: sparse: incorrect type in initializer (different address spaces)
>    Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220815031100.75243-1-nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx/
> *** BLURB HERE ***
>
> Xiaoming Ni (2):
>    squashfs: add the mount parameter theads=<single|multi|percpu>
>    squashfs: Allows users to configure the number of decompression
>      threads
>
>   fs/squashfs/Kconfig                     | 51 +++++++++++--
>   fs/squashfs/block.c                     |  2 +-
>   fs/squashfs/decompressor.c              |  2 +-
>   fs/squashfs/decompressor_multi.c        | 20 +++--
>   fs/squashfs/decompressor_multi_percpu.c | 23 ++++--
>   fs/squashfs/decompressor_single.c       | 15 +++-
>   fs/squashfs/squashfs.h                  | 23 ++++--
>   fs/squashfs/squashfs_fs_sb.h            |  4 +-
>   fs/squashfs/super.c                     | 97 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>   9 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)