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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst index df42106bae71..4af8d6207509 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst @@ -64,6 +64,66 @@ obtained from this site also. The squashfs-tools development tree is now located on kernel.org git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/squashfs/squashfs-tools.git +2.1 Mount options +----------------- +=================== ========================================================= +errors=%s Specify whether squashfs errors trigger a kernel panic + or not + + ========== ============================================= + continue errors don't trigger a panic (default) + panic trigger a panic when errors are encountered, + similar to several other filesystems (e.g. + btrfs, ext4, f2fs, GFS2, jfs, ntfs, ubifs) + + This allows a kernel dump to be saved, + useful for analyzing and debugging the + corruption. + ========== ============================================= +threads=%s Select the decompression mode or the number of threads + + If SQUASHFS_CHOICE_DECOMP_BY_MOUNT is set: + + ========== ============================================= + single use single-threaded decompression (default) + + Only one block (data or metadata) can be + decompressed at any one time. This limits + CPU and memory usage to a minimum, but it + also gives poor performance on parallel I/O + workloads when using multiple CPU machines + due to waiting on decompressor availability. + multi use up to two parallel decompressors per core + + If you have a parallel I/O workload and your + system has enough memory, using this option + may improve overall I/O performance. It + dynamically allocates decompressors on a + demand basis. + percpu use a maximum of one decompressor per core + + It uses percpu variables to ensure + decompression is load-balanced across the + cores. + 1|2|3|... configure the number of threads used for + decompression + + The upper limit is num_online_cpus() * 2. + ========== ============================================= + + If SQUASHFS_CHOICE_DECOMP_BY_MOUNT is **not** set and + SQUASHFS_DECOMP_MULTI, SQUASHFS_MOUNT_DECOMP_THREADS are + both set: + + ========== ============================================= + 2|3|... configure the number of threads used for + decompression + + The upper limit is num_online_cpus() * 2. + ========== ============================================= + +=================== ========================================================= + 3. Squashfs Filesystem Design ----------------------------- |