Commit 9eec1d897139("squashfs: provide backing_dev_info in order to
disable read-ahead") mitigates the performance drop issue for squashfs
by closing readahead for it.
This series implements readahead callback for squashfs. The previous
discussions are in [1] and [2].
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJMQK-g9G6KQmH-V=BRGX0swZji9Wxe_2c7ht-MMAapdFy2pXw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/Yn5Yij9pRPCzDozt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/t/#m4af4473b94f98a4996cb11756b633a07e5e059d1
v7 adds the patch to support reading fragments in readahead call[3]. No
changes on other patches since v6, which is included in next-20220617.
[3]
https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/20220617030345.24712-1-phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Hsin-Yi Wang (2):
Revert "squashfs: provide backing_dev_info in order to disable
read-ahead"
squashfs: implement readahead
Phillip Lougher (2):
squashfs: always build "file direct" version of page actor
squashfs: support reading fragments in readahead call
fs/squashfs/Makefile | 4 +-
fs/squashfs/file.c | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
fs/squashfs/page_actor.h | 46 --------------
fs/squashfs/super.c | 33 ----------
4 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
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