Squashfs: add multi-threaded decompression using percpu variable
authorPhillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>
Mon, 18 Nov 2013 02:31:36 +0000 (02:31 +0000)
committerPhillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:58:03 +0000 (03:58 +0000)
Add a multi-threaded decompression implementation which uses
percpu variables.

Using percpu variables has advantages and disadvantages over
implementations which do not use percpu variables.

Advantages:
  * the nature of percpu variables ensures decompression is
    load-balanced across the multiple cores.
  * simplicity.

Disadvantages: it limits decompression to one thread per core.

Signed-off-by: Phillip Lougher <phillip@squashfs.org.uk>

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