squashfs: add optional full compressed block caching
The commit 93e72b3c ("squashfs: migrate from ll_rw_block usage to BIO") removed caching of compressed blocks in SquashFS, causing fio performance regression in workloads with repeated file reads. Without caching, every read triggers disk I/O, severely impacting performance in tools like fio. This patch introduces a new CONFIG_SQUASHFS_COMP_CACHE_FULL Kconfig option to enable caching of all compressed blocks, restoring performance to pre-BIO migration levels. When enabled, all pages in a BIO are cached in the page cache, reducing disk I/O for repeated reads. The fio test results with this patch confirm the performance restoration: For example, fio tests (iodepth=1, numjobs=1, ioengine=psync) show a notable performance restoration: Disable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_COMP_CACHE_FULL: IOPS=815, BW=102MiB/s (107MB/s)(6113MiB/60001msec) Enable CONFIG_SQUASHFS_COMP_CACHE_FULL: IOPS=2223, BW=278MiB/s (291MB/s)(16.3GiB/59999msec) The tradeoff is increased memory usage due to caching all compressed blocks. The CONFIG_SQUASHFS_COMP_CACHE_FULL option allows users to enable this feature selectively, balancing performance and memory usage for workloads with frequent repeated reads. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250521072559.2389-1-chanho.min@lge.com Signed-off-by:Chanho Min <chanho.min@lge.com> Reviewed-by Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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