squashfs: add optional full compressed block caching

The commit 93e72b3c612adcaca1 ("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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