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-rw-r--r--src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc2
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh2
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/compression.cc32
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/compression.hh4
4 files changed, 30 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
index ab971dd8b6d9..d1b278b8efbe 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.cc
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void BinaryCacheStore::addToStore(const ValidPathInfo & info, const ref<std::str
     /* Compress the NAR. */
     narInfo->compression = compression;
     auto now1 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
-    auto narCompressed = compress(compression, *nar);
+    auto narCompressed = compress(compression, *nar, parallelCompression);
     auto now2 = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
     narInfo->fileHash = hashString(htSHA256, *narCompressed);
     narInfo->fileSize = narCompressed->size();
diff --git a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
index 8492ff600eba..e20b968442b7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/binary-cache-store.hh
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public:
     const Setting<bool> writeNARListing{this, false, "write-nar-listing", "whether to write a JSON file listing the files in each NAR"};
     const Setting<Path> secretKeyFile{this, "", "secret-key", "path to secret key used to sign the binary cache"};
     const Setting<Path> localNarCache{this, "", "local-nar-cache", "path to a local cache of NARs"};
+    const Setting<bool> parallelCompression{this, false, "parallel-compression",
+        "enable multi-threading compression, available for xz only currently"};
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/compression.cc b/src/libutil/compression.cc
index 5e2631ba3408..ed15761b32a2 100644
--- a/src/libutil/compression.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/compression.cc
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ static ref<std::string> decompressBrotli(const std::string & in)
 #endif // HAVE_BROTLI
 }
 
-ref<std::string> compress(const std::string & method, const std::string & in)
+ref<std::string> compress(const std::string & method, const std::string & in, const bool parallel)
 {
     StringSink ssink;
-    auto sink = makeCompressionSink(method, ssink);
+    auto sink = makeCompressionSink(method, ssink, parallel);
     (*sink)(in);
     sink->finish();
     return ssink.s;
@@ -189,10 +189,28 @@ struct XzSink : CompressionSink
     lzma_stream strm = LZMA_STREAM_INIT;
     bool finished = false;
 
-    XzSink(Sink & nextSink) : nextSink(nextSink)
+    XzSink(Sink & nextSink, const bool parallel) : nextSink(nextSink)
     {
-        lzma_ret ret = lzma_easy_encoder(
-            &strm, 6, LZMA_CHECK_CRC64);
+        lzma_ret ret;
+        if (parallel) {
+            lzma_mt mt_options = {};
+            mt_options.flags = 0;
+            mt_options.timeout = 300; // Using the same setting as the xz cmd line
+            mt_options.preset = LZMA_PRESET_DEFAULT;
+            mt_options.filters = NULL;
+            mt_options.check = LZMA_CHECK_CRC64;
+            mt_options.threads = lzma_cputhreads();
+            mt_options.block_size = 0;
+            if (mt_options.threads == 0)
+                mt_options.threads = 1;
+            // FIXME: maybe use lzma_stream_encoder_mt_memusage() to control the
+            // number of threads.
+            ret = lzma_stream_encoder_mt(
+                &strm, &mt_options);
+        } else
+            ret = lzma_easy_encoder(
+                &strm, 6, LZMA_CHECK_CRC64);
+
         if (ret != LZMA_OK)
             throw CompressionError("unable to initialise lzma encoder");
         // FIXME: apply the x86 BCJ filter?
@@ -449,12 +467,12 @@ struct BrotliSink : CompressionSink
 };
 #endif // HAVE_BROTLI
 
-ref<CompressionSink> makeCompressionSink(const std::string & method, Sink & nextSink)
+ref<CompressionSink> makeCompressionSink(const std::string & method, Sink & nextSink, const bool parallel)
 {
     if (method == "none")
         return make_ref<NoneSink>(nextSink);
     else if (method == "xz")
-        return make_ref<XzSink>(nextSink);
+        return make_ref<XzSink>(nextSink, parallel);
     else if (method == "bzip2")
         return make_ref<BzipSink>(nextSink);
     else if (method == "br")
diff --git a/src/libutil/compression.hh b/src/libutil/compression.hh
index e3e6f5a99303..a0d7530d74fc 100644
--- a/src/libutil/compression.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/compression.hh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-ref<std::string> compress(const std::string & method, const std::string & in);
+ref<std::string> compress(const std::string & method, const std::string & in, const bool parallel = false);
 
 ref<std::string> decompress(const std::string & method, const std::string & in);
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct CompressionSink : BufferedSink
     virtual void finish() = 0;
 };
 
-ref<CompressionSink> makeCompressionSink(const std::string & method, Sink & nextSink);
+ref<CompressionSink> makeCompressionSink(const std::string & method, Sink & nextSink, const bool parallel = false);
 
 MakeError(UnknownCompressionMethod, Error);