linux-kernel - config option for SQUASHFS_CACHED

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 13:34:16 -0700
From:   Daniel Walker <danielwa@...co.com>
To:     Phillip Lougher <phillip@...ashfs.org.uk>,
        Yixia Si <yisi@...co.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>,
        "xe-linux-external(mailer list)" <xe-linux-external@...co.com>
Subject: config option for SQUASHFS_CACHED_BLKS,

Hi,

We have found that we can attain a better boot time by increasing 
SQUASHFS_CACHED_BLKS from 8 to 11. We also noticed that you made a 
special config option for allow people to configure fragment cache size 
(i.e. SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE).

Is there anything unsafe about altering the value of SQUASHFS_CACHED_BLKS ?

Would you be open to accepting a patch to add a config option for this 
similar to the pre-existing SQUASHFS_FRAGMENT_CACHE_SIZE ?

Thanks,

Daniel