diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
index 613c9771bd14..fbf6ff25cd1b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/inode.c
@@ -210,7 +210,12 @@ static int fill_inode(struct inode *inode, int isdir)
 		}
 
 		if (is_inode_layout_compression(inode)) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+			inode->i_mapping->a_ops =
+				&z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_aops;
+#else
 			err = -ENOTSUPP;
+#endif
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h b/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
index b07cd7aa0a09..3adec7d95d3e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/internal.h
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ static inline void erofs_workstation_cleanup_all(struct super_block *sb)
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
 /* hard limit of pages per compressed cluster */
 #define Z_EROFS_CLUSTER_MAX_PAGES       (CONFIG_EROFS_FS_CLUSTER_PAGE_LIMIT)
+
+/* page count of a compressed cluster */
+#define erofs_clusterpages(sbi)         ((1 << (sbi)->clusterbits) / PAGE_SIZE)
 #endif
 
 typedef u64 erofs_off_t;
@@ -340,6 +343,9 @@ extern const struct inode_operations erofs_dir_iops;
 extern const struct file_operations erofs_dir_fops;
 
 extern const struct address_space_operations erofs_raw_access_aops;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+extern const struct address_space_operations z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_aops;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Logical to physical block mapping, used by erofs_map_blocks()
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
index e155a2b0d43e..2bd433ab4c49 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/super.c
@@ -115,6 +115,13 @@ static int superblock_read(struct super_block *sb)
 	sbi->xattr_blkaddr = le32_to_cpu(layout->xattr_blkaddr);
 #endif
 	sbi->islotbits = ffs(sizeof(struct erofs_inode_v1)) - 1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+	sbi->clusterbits = 12;
+
+	if (1 << (sbi->clusterbits - 12) > Z_EROFS_CLUSTER_MAX_PAGES)
+		errln("clusterbits %u is not supported on this kernel",
+			sbi->clusterbits);
+#endif
 
 	sbi->root_nid = le16_to_cpu(layout->root_nid);
 	sbi->inos = le64_to_cpu(layout->inos);
@@ -441,6 +448,11 @@ static struct file_system_type erofs_fs_type = {
 };
 MODULE_ALIAS_FS("erofs");
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+extern int z_erofs_init_zip_subsystem(void);
+extern void z_erofs_exit_zip_subsystem(void);
+#endif
+
 static int __init erofs_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
@@ -456,6 +468,12 @@ static int __init erofs_module_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto shrinker_err;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+	err = z_erofs_init_zip_subsystem();
+	if (err)
+		goto zip_err;
+#endif
+
 	err = register_filesystem(&erofs_fs_type);
 	if (err)
 		goto fs_err;
@@ -464,6 +482,10 @@ static int __init erofs_module_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
 fs_err:
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+	z_erofs_exit_zip_subsystem();
+zip_err:
+#endif
 	unregister_shrinker(&erofs_shrinker_info);
 shrinker_err:
 	erofs_exit_inode_cache();
@@ -474,6 +496,9 @@ icache_err:
 static void __exit erofs_module_exit(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&erofs_fs_type);
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
+	z_erofs_exit_zip_subsystem();
+#endif
 	unregister_shrinker(&erofs_shrinker_info);
 	erofs_exit_inode_cache();
 	infoln("successfully finalize erofs");
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
index 329cbe47f599..f0ead60a8fee 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.c
@@ -10,7 +10,1124 @@
  * License.  See the file COPYING in the main directory of the Linux
  * distribution for more details.
  */
-#include "internal.h"
+#include "unzip_vle.h"
+#include <linux/prefetch.h>
+
+static struct workqueue_struct *z_erofs_workqueue __read_mostly;
+static struct kmem_cache *z_erofs_workgroup_cachep __read_mostly;
+
+void z_erofs_exit_zip_subsystem(void)
+{
+	BUG_ON(z_erofs_workqueue == NULL);
+	BUG_ON(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep == NULL);
+
+	destroy_workqueue(z_erofs_workqueue);
+	kmem_cache_destroy(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep);
+}
+
+static inline int init_unzip_workqueue(void)
+{
+	const unsigned onlinecpus = num_possible_cpus();
+
+	/*
+	 * we don't need too many threads, limiting threads
+	 * could improve scheduling performance.
+	 */
+	z_erofs_workqueue = alloc_workqueue("erofs_unzipd",
+		WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_HIGHPRI | WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE,
+		onlinecpus + onlinecpus / 4);
+
+	return z_erofs_workqueue != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+int z_erofs_init_zip_subsystem(void)
+{
+	z_erofs_workgroup_cachep =
+		kmem_cache_create("erofs_compress",
+		Z_EROFS_WORKGROUP_SIZE, 0,
+		SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT, NULL);
+
+	if (z_erofs_workgroup_cachep != NULL) {
+		if (!init_unzip_workqueue())
+			return 0;
+
+		kmem_cache_destroy(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep);
+	}
+	return -ENOMEM;
+}
+
+enum z_erofs_vle_work_role {
+	Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_SECONDARY,
+	Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY,
+	/*
+	 * The current work has at least been linked with the following
+	 * processed chained works, which means if the processing page
+	 * is the tail partial page of the work, the current work can
+	 * safely use the whole page, as illustrated below:
+	 * +--------------+-------------------------------------------+
+	 * |  tail page   |      head page (of the previous work)     |
+	 * +--------------+-------------------------------------------+
+	 *   /\  which belongs to the current work
+	 * [  (*) this page can be used for the current work itself.  ]
+	 */
+	Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY_FOLLOWED,
+	Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_MAX
+};
+
+struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder {
+	enum z_erofs_vle_work_role role;
+	/*
+	 * 'hosted = false' means that the current workgroup doesn't belong to
+	 * the owned chained workgroups. In the other words, it is none of our
+	 * business to submit this workgroup.
+	 */
+	bool hosted;
+
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work;
+	struct z_erofs_pagevec_ctor vector;
+
+	/* pages used for reading the compressed data */
+	struct page **compressed_pages;
+	unsigned compressed_deficit;
+};
+
+#define VLE_WORK_BUILDER_INIT()	\
+	{ .work = NULL, .role = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY_FOLLOWED }
+
+/* page_type must be Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE */
+static inline bool try_to_reuse_as_compressed_page(
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *b,
+	struct page *page)
+{
+	while (b->compressed_deficit) {
+		--b->compressed_deficit;
+		if (NULL == cmpxchg(b->compressed_pages++, NULL, page))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* callers must be with work->lock held */
+static int z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *builder,
+	struct page *page,
+	enum z_erofs_page_type type)
+{
+	int ret;
+	bool occupied;
+
+	/* give priority for the compressed data storage */
+	if (builder->role >= Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY &&
+		type == Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE &&
+		try_to_reuse_as_compressed_page(builder, page))
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_enqueue(&builder->vector,
+		page, type, &occupied);
+	builder->work->vcnt += (unsigned)ret;
+
+	return ret ? 0 : -EAGAIN;
+}
+
+static inline bool try_to_claim_workgroup(
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp,
+	z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t *owned_head,
+	bool *hosted)
+{
+	DBG_BUGON(*hosted == true);
+
+	/* let's claim these following types of workgroup */
+retry:
+	if (grp->next == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL) {
+		/* type 1, nil workgroup */
+		if (Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL != cmpxchg(&grp->next,
+			Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL, *owned_head))
+			goto retry;
+
+		*owned_head = grp;
+		*hosted = true;
+	} else if (grp->next == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL) {
+		/*
+		 * type 2, link to the end of a existing open chain,
+		 * be careful that its submission itself is governed
+		 * by the original owned chain.
+		 */
+		if (Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL != cmpxchg(&grp->next,
+			Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL, *owned_head))
+			goto retry;
+
+		*owned_head = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL;
+	} else
+		return false;	/* :( better luck next time */
+
+	return true;	/* lucky, I am the followee :) */
+}
+
+static struct z_erofs_vle_work *
+z_erofs_vle_work_lookup(struct super_block *sb,
+			pgoff_t idx, unsigned pageofs,
+			struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup **grp_ret,
+			enum z_erofs_vle_work_role *role,
+			z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t *owned_head,
+			bool *hosted)
+{
+	bool tag, primary;
+	struct erofs_workgroup *egrp;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work;
+
+	egrp = erofs_find_workgroup(sb, idx, &tag);
+	if (egrp == NULL) {
+		*grp_ret = NULL;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	*grp_ret = grp = container_of(egrp,
+		struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup, obj);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	work = z_erofs_vle_grab_work(grp, pageofs);
+	primary = true;
+#else
+	BUG();
+#endif
+
+	DBG_BUGON(work->pageofs != pageofs);
+
+	/*
+	 * lock must be taken first to avoid grp->next == NIL between
+	 * claiming workgroup and adding pages:
+	 *                        grp->next != NIL
+	 *   grp->next = NIL
+	 *   mutex_unlock_all
+	 *                        mutex_lock(&work->lock)
+	 *                        add all pages to pagevec
+	 *
+	 * [correct locking case 1]:
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[a])
+	 *   ...
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[b])     mutex_lock(grp->work[c])
+	 *   ...                          *role = SECONDARY
+	 *                                add all pages to pagevec
+	 *                                ...
+	 *                                mutex_unlock(grp->work[c])
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[c])
+	 *   ...
+	 *   grp->next = NIL
+	 *   mutex_unlock_all
+	 *
+	 * [correct locking case 2]:
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[b])
+	 *   ...
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[a])
+	 *   ...
+	 *   mutex_lock(grp->work[c])
+	 *   ...
+	 *   grp->next = NIL
+	 *   mutex_unlock_all
+	 *                                mutex_lock(grp->work[a])
+	 *                                *role = PRIMARY_OWNER
+	 *                                add all pages to pagevec
+	 *                                ...
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&work->lock);
+
+	*hosted = false;
+	if (!primary)
+		*role = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_SECONDARY;
+	/* claim the workgroup if possible */
+	else if (try_to_claim_workgroup(grp, owned_head, hosted))
+		*role = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY_FOLLOWED;
+	else
+		*role = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY;
+
+	return work;
+}
+
+static struct z_erofs_vle_work *
+z_erofs_vle_work_register(struct super_block *sb,
+			  struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup **grp_ret,
+			  struct erofs_map_blocks *map,
+			  pgoff_t index, unsigned pageofs,
+			  enum z_erofs_vle_work_role *role,
+			  z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t *owned_head,
+			  bool *hosted)
+{
+	bool newgrp = false;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp = *grp_ret;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	BUG_ON(grp != NULL);
+#else
+	if (grp != NULL)
+		goto skip;
+#endif
+	/* no available workgroup, let's allocate one */
+	grp = kmem_cache_zalloc(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (unlikely(grp == NULL))
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	grp->obj.index = index;
+	grp->llen = map->m_llen;
+
+	z_erofs_vle_set_workgrp_fmt(grp,
+		(map->m_flags & EROFS_MAP_ZIPPED) ?
+			Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_LZ4 :
+			Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_PLAIN);
+	atomic_set(&grp->obj.refcount, 1);
+
+	/* new workgrps have been claimed as type 1 */
+	WRITE_ONCE(grp->next, *owned_head);
+	/* primary and followed work for all new workgrps */
+	*role = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY_FOLLOWED;
+	/* it should be submitted by ourselves */
+	*hosted = true;
+
+	newgrp = true;
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+skip:
+	/* currently unimplemented */
+	BUG();
+#else
+	work = z_erofs_vle_grab_primary_work(grp);
+#endif
+	work->pageofs = pageofs;
+
+	mutex_init(&work->lock);
+
+	if (newgrp) {
+		int err = erofs_register_workgroup(sb, &grp->obj, 0);
+
+		if (err) {
+			kmem_cache_free(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep, grp);
+			return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+		}
+	}
+
+	*owned_head = *grp_ret = grp;
+
+	mutex_lock(&work->lock);
+	return work;
+}
+
+static inline void __update_workgrp_llen(struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp,
+					 unsigned int llen)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		unsigned int orig_llen = grp->llen;
+
+		if (orig_llen >= llen || orig_llen ==
+			cmpxchg(&grp->llen, orig_llen, llen))
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
+#define builder_is_followed(builder) \
+	((builder)->role >= Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY_FOLLOWED)
+
+static int z_erofs_vle_work_iter_begin(struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *builder,
+				       struct super_block *sb,
+				       struct erofs_map_blocks *map,
+				       z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t *owned_head)
+{
+	const unsigned clusterpages = erofs_clusterpages(EROFS_SB(sb));
+	const erofs_blk_t index = erofs_blknr(map->m_pa);
+	const unsigned pageofs = map->m_la & ~PAGE_MASK;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work;
+
+	DBG_BUGON(builder->work != NULL);
+
+	/* must be Z_EROFS_WORK_TAIL or the next chained work */
+	DBG_BUGON(*owned_head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL);
+	DBG_BUGON(*owned_head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED);
+
+	DBG_BUGON(erofs_blkoff(map->m_pa));
+
+repeat:
+	work = z_erofs_vle_work_lookup(sb, index,
+		pageofs, &grp, &builder->role, owned_head, &builder->hosted);
+	if (work != NULL) {
+		__update_workgrp_llen(grp, map->m_llen);
+		goto got_it;
+	}
+
+	work = z_erofs_vle_work_register(sb, &grp, map, index, pageofs,
+		&builder->role, owned_head, &builder->hosted);
+
+	if (unlikely(work == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN)))
+		goto repeat;
+
+	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(work)))
+		return PTR_ERR(work);
+got_it:
+	z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_init(&builder->vector,
+		Z_EROFS_VLE_INLINE_PAGEVECS, work->pagevec, work->vcnt);
+
+	if (builder->role >= Z_EROFS_VLE_WORK_PRIMARY) {
+		/* enable possibly in-place decompression */
+		builder->compressed_pages = grp->compressed_pages;
+		builder->compressed_deficit = clusterpages;
+	} else {
+		builder->compressed_pages = NULL;
+		builder->compressed_deficit = 0;
+	}
+
+	builder->grp = grp;
+	builder->work = work;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * keep in mind that no referenced workgroups will be freed
+ * only after a RCU grace period, so rcu_read_lock() could
+ * prevent a workgroup from being freed.
+ */
+static void z_erofs_rcu_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work =	container_of(head,
+		struct z_erofs_vle_work, rcu);
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp =
+		z_erofs_vle_work_workgroup(work, true);
+
+	kmem_cache_free(z_erofs_workgroup_cachep, grp);
+}
+
+void erofs_workgroup_free_rcu(struct erofs_workgroup *grp)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *const vgrp = container_of(grp,
+		struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup, obj);
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *const work = &vgrp->work;
+
+	call_rcu(&work->rcu, z_erofs_rcu_callback);
+}
+
+static void __z_erofs_vle_work_release(struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp,
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work __maybe_unused)
+{
+	erofs_workgroup_put(&grp->obj);
+}
+
+void z_erofs_vle_work_release(struct z_erofs_vle_work *work)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp =
+		z_erofs_vle_work_workgroup(work, true);
+
+	__z_erofs_vle_work_release(grp, work);
+}
+
+static inline bool
+z_erofs_vle_work_iter_end(struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *builder)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work = builder->work;
+
+	if (work == NULL)
+		return false;
+
+	z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_exit(&builder->vector, false);
+	mutex_unlock(&work->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * if all pending pages are added, don't hold work reference
+	 * any longer if the current work isn't hosted by ourselves.
+	 */
+	if (!builder->hosted)
+		__z_erofs_vle_work_release(builder->grp, work);
+
+	builder->work = NULL;
+	builder->grp = NULL;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static inline struct page *__stagingpage_alloc(struct list_head *pagepool,
+					       gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	struct page *page = erofs_allocpage(pagepool, gfp);
+
+	if (unlikely(page == NULL))
+		return NULL;
+
+	page->mapping = Z_EROFS_MAPPING_STAGING;
+	return page;
+}
+
+struct z_erofs_vle_frontend {
+	struct inode *const inode;
+
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder builder;
+	struct erofs_map_blocks_iter m_iter;
+
+	z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t owned_head;
+
+	bool initial;
+};
+
+#define VLE_FRONTEND_INIT(__i) { \
+	.inode = __i, \
+	.m_iter = { \
+		{ .m_llen = 0, .m_plen = 0 }, \
+		.mpage = NULL \
+	}, \
+	.builder = VLE_WORK_BUILDER_INIT(), \
+	.owned_head = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL, \
+	.initial = true, }
+
+static int z_erofs_do_read_page(struct z_erofs_vle_frontend *fe,
+				struct page *page,
+				struct list_head *page_pool)
+{
+	struct super_block *const sb = fe->inode->i_sb;
+	struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi __maybe_unused = EROFS_SB(sb);
+	struct erofs_map_blocks_iter *const m = &fe->m_iter;
+	struct erofs_map_blocks *const map = &m->map;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work_builder *const builder = &fe->builder;
+	const loff_t offset = page_offset(page);
+
+	bool tight = builder_is_followed(builder);
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work = builder->work;
+
+	enum z_erofs_page_type page_type;
+	unsigned cur, end, spiltted, index;
+	int err;
+
+	/* register locked file pages as online pages in pack */
+	z_erofs_onlinepage_init(page);
+
+	spiltted = 0;
+	end = PAGE_SIZE;
+repeat:
+	cur = end - 1;
+
+	/* lucky, within the range of the current map_blocks */
+	if (offset + cur >= map->m_la &&
+		offset + cur < map->m_la + map->m_llen)
+		goto hitted;
+
+	/* go ahead the next map_blocks */
+	debugln("%s: [out-of-range] pos %llu", __func__, offset + cur);
+
+	if (!z_erofs_vle_work_iter_end(builder))
+		fe->initial = false;
+
+	map->m_la = offset + cur;
+	map->m_llen = 0;
+	err = erofs_map_blocks_iter(fe->inode, map, &m->mpage, 0);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	/* deal with hole (FIXME! broken now) */
+	if (unlikely(!(map->m_flags & EROFS_MAP_MAPPED)))
+		goto hitted;
+
+	DBG_BUGON(map->m_plen != 1 << sbi->clusterbits);
+	BUG_ON(erofs_blkoff(map->m_pa));
+
+	err = z_erofs_vle_work_iter_begin(builder, sb, map, &fe->owned_head);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	tight &= builder_is_followed(builder);
+	work = builder->work;
+hitted:
+	cur = end - min_t(unsigned, offset + end - map->m_la, end);
+	if (unlikely(!(map->m_flags & EROFS_MAP_MAPPED))) {
+		zero_user_segment(page, cur, end);
+		goto next_part;
+	}
+
+	/* let's derive page type */
+	page_type = cur ? Z_EROFS_VLE_PAGE_TYPE_HEAD :
+		(!spiltted ? Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE :
+			(tight ? Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE :
+				Z_EROFS_VLE_PAGE_TYPE_TAIL_SHARED));
+
+retry:
+	err = z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(builder, page, page_type);
+	/* should allocate an additional staging page for pagevec */
+	if (err == -EAGAIN) {
+		struct page *const newpage =
+			__stagingpage_alloc(page_pool, GFP_NOFS);
+
+		err = z_erofs_vle_work_add_page(builder,
+			newpage, Z_EROFS_PAGE_TYPE_EXCLUSIVE);
+		if (!err)
+			goto retry;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		goto err_out;
+
+	index = page->index - map->m_la / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	/* FIXME! avoid the last relundant fixup & endio */
+	z_erofs_onlinepage_fixup(page, index, true);
+	++spiltted;
+
+	/* also update nr_pages and increase queued_pages */
+	work->nr_pages = max_t(pgoff_t, work->nr_pages, index + 1);
+next_part:
+	/* can be used for verification */
+	map->m_llen = offset + cur - map->m_la;
+
+	if ((end = cur) > 0)
+		goto repeat;
+
+	/* FIXME! avoid the last relundant fixup & endio */
+	z_erofs_onlinepage_endio(page);
+
+	debugln("%s, finish page: %pK spiltted: %u map->m_llen %llu",
+		__func__, page, spiltted, map->m_llen);
+	return 0;
+
+err_out:
+	/* TODO: the missing error handing cases */
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void z_erofs_vle_unzip_kickoff(void *ptr, int bios)
+{
+	tagptr1_t t = tagptr_init(tagptr1_t, ptr);
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *io = tagptr_unfold_ptr(t);
+	bool background = tagptr_unfold_tags(t);
+
+	if (atomic_add_return(bios, &io->pending_bios))
+		return;
+
+	if (background)
+		queue_work(z_erofs_workqueue, &io->u.work);
+	else
+		wake_up(&io->u.wait);
+}
+
+static inline void z_erofs_vle_read_endio(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	const blk_status_t err = bio->bi_status;
+	unsigned i;
+	struct bio_vec *bvec;
+
+	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, i) {
+		struct page *page = bvec->bv_page;
+
+		DBG_BUGON(PageUptodate(page));
+		BUG_ON(page->mapping == NULL);
+
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			SetPageError(page);
+	}
+
+	z_erofs_vle_unzip_kickoff(bio->bi_private, -1);
+	bio_put(bio);
+}
+
+static struct page *z_pagemap_global[Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES];
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(z_pagemap_global_lock);
+
+static int z_erofs_vle_unzip(struct super_block *sb,
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp,
+	struct list_head *page_pool)
+{
+	struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_SB(sb);
+	const unsigned clusterpages = erofs_clusterpages(sbi);
+
+	struct z_erofs_pagevec_ctor ctor;
+	unsigned nr_pages;
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	unsigned sparsemem_pages = 0;
+#endif
+	struct page *pages_onstack[Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_ONSTACK_PAGES];
+	struct page **pages, **compressed_pages, *page;
+	unsigned i, llen;
+
+	enum z_erofs_page_type page_type;
+	bool overlapped;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work *work;
+	void *vout;
+	int err;
+
+	might_sleep();
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	work = z_erofs_vle_grab_primary_work(grp);
+#else
+	BUG();
+#endif
+	BUG_ON(!READ_ONCE(work->nr_pages));
+
+	mutex_lock(&work->lock);
+	nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
+
+	if (likely(nr_pages <= Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_ONSTACK_PAGES))
+		pages = pages_onstack;
+	else if (nr_pages <= Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES &&
+		mutex_trylock(&z_pagemap_global_lock))
+		pages = z_pagemap_global;
+	else {
+repeat:
+		pages = kvmalloc_array(nr_pages,
+			sizeof(struct page *), GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		/* fallback to global pagemap for the lowmem scenario */
+		if (unlikely(pages == NULL)) {
+			if (nr_pages > Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES)
+				goto repeat;
+			else {
+				mutex_lock(&z_pagemap_global_lock);
+				pages = z_pagemap_global;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i)
+		pages[i] = NULL;
+
+	z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_init(&ctor,
+		Z_EROFS_VLE_INLINE_PAGEVECS, work->pagevec, 0);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < work->vcnt; ++i) {
+		unsigned pagenr;
+
+		page = z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_dequeue(&ctor, &page_type);
+
+		/* all pages in pagevec ought to be valid */
+		DBG_BUGON(page == NULL);
+		DBG_BUGON(page->mapping == NULL);
+
+		if (z_erofs_gather_if_stagingpage(page_pool, page))
+			continue;
+
+		if (page_type == Z_EROFS_VLE_PAGE_TYPE_HEAD)
+			pagenr = 0;
+		else
+			pagenr = z_erofs_onlinepage_index(page);
+
+		BUG_ON(pagenr >= nr_pages);
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+		BUG_ON(pages[pagenr] != NULL);
+		++sparsemem_pages;
+#endif
+		pages[pagenr] = page;
+	}
+
+	z_erofs_pagevec_ctor_exit(&ctor, true);
+
+	overlapped = false;
+	compressed_pages = grp->compressed_pages;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < clusterpages; ++i) {
+		unsigned pagenr;
+
+		page = compressed_pages[i];
+
+		/* all compressed pages ought to be valid */
+		DBG_BUGON(page == NULL);
+		DBG_BUGON(page->mapping == NULL);
+
+		if (z_erofs_is_stagingpage(page))
+			continue;
+
+		/* only non-head page could be reused as a compressed page */
+		pagenr = z_erofs_onlinepage_index(page);
+
+		BUG_ON(pagenr >= nr_pages);
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+		BUG_ON(pages[pagenr] != NULL);
+		++sparsemem_pages;
+#endif
+		pages[pagenr] = page;
+
+		overlapped = true;
+	}
+
+	llen = (nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT) - work->pageofs;
+
+	if (z_erofs_vle_workgrp_fmt(grp) == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_PLAIN) {
+		/* FIXME! this should be fixed in the future */
+		BUG_ON(grp->llen != llen);
+
+		err = z_erofs_vle_plain_copy(compressed_pages, clusterpages,
+			pages, nr_pages, work->pageofs);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (llen > grp->llen)
+		llen = grp->llen;
+
+	err = z_erofs_vle_unzip_fast_percpu(compressed_pages,
+		clusterpages, pages, llen, work->pageofs,
+		z_erofs_onlinepage_endio);
+	if (err != -ENOTSUPP)
+		goto out_percpu;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	if (sparsemem_pages >= nr_pages) {
+		BUG_ON(sparsemem_pages > nr_pages);
+		goto skip_allocpage;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i) {
+		if (pages[i] != NULL)
+			continue;
+
+		pages[i] = __stagingpage_alloc(page_pool, GFP_NOFS);
+	}
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+skip_allocpage:
+#endif
+	vout = erofs_vmap(pages, nr_pages);
+
+	err = z_erofs_vle_unzip_vmap(compressed_pages,
+		clusterpages, vout, llen, work->pageofs, overlapped);
+
+	erofs_vunmap(vout, nr_pages);
+
+out:
+	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; ++i) {
+		page = pages[i];
+		DBG_BUGON(page->mapping == NULL);
+
+		/* recycle all individual staging pages */
+		if (z_erofs_gather_if_stagingpage(page_pool, page))
+			continue;
+
+		if (unlikely(err < 0))
+			SetPageError(page);
+
+		z_erofs_onlinepage_endio(page);
+	}
+
+out_percpu:
+	for (i = 0; i < clusterpages; ++i) {
+		page = compressed_pages[i];
+
+		/* recycle all individual staging pages */
+		(void)z_erofs_gather_if_stagingpage(page_pool, page);
+
+		WRITE_ONCE(compressed_pages[i], NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (pages == z_pagemap_global)
+		mutex_unlock(&z_pagemap_global_lock);
+	else if (unlikely(pages != pages_onstack))
+		kvfree(pages);
+
+	work->nr_pages = 0;
+	work->vcnt = 0;
+
+	/* all work locks MUST be taken before the following line */
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(grp->next, Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL);
+
+	/* all work locks SHOULD be released right now */
+	mutex_unlock(&work->lock);
+
+	z_erofs_vle_work_release(work);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static void z_erofs_vle_unzip_all(struct super_block *sb,
+				  struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *io,
+				  struct list_head *page_pool)
+{
+	z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t owned = io->head;
+
+	while (owned != Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED) {
+		struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp;
+
+		/* no possible that 'owned' equals Z_EROFS_WORK_TPTR_TAIL */
+		DBG_BUGON(owned == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL);
+
+		/* no possible that 'owned' equals NULL */
+		DBG_BUGON(owned == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL);
+
+		grp = owned;
+		owned = READ_ONCE(grp->next);
+
+		z_erofs_vle_unzip(sb, grp, page_pool);
+	};
+}
+
+static void z_erofs_vle_unzip_wq(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io_sb *iosb = container_of(work,
+		struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io_sb, io.u.work);
+	LIST_HEAD(page_pool);
+
+	BUG_ON(iosb->io.head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED);
+	z_erofs_vle_unzip_all(iosb->sb, &iosb->io, &page_pool);
+
+	put_pages_list(&page_pool);
+	kvfree(iosb);
+}
+
+static inline struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *
+prepare_io_handler(struct super_block *sb,
+		   struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *io,
+		   bool background)
+{
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io_sb *iosb;
+
+	if (!background) {
+		/* waitqueue available for foreground io */
+		BUG_ON(io == NULL);
+
+		init_waitqueue_head(&io->u.wait);
+		atomic_set(&io->pending_bios, 0);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (io != NULL)
+		BUG();
+	else {
+		/* allocate extra io descriptor for background io */
+		iosb = kvzalloc(sizeof(struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io_sb),
+			GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
+		BUG_ON(iosb == NULL);
+
+		io = &iosb->io;
+	}
+
+	iosb->sb = sb;
+	INIT_WORK(&io->u.work, z_erofs_vle_unzip_wq);
+out:
+	io->head = Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED;
+	return io;
+}
+
+#define __FSIO_1 0
+
+static bool z_erofs_vle_submit_all(struct super_block *sb,
+				   z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t owned_head,
+				   struct list_head *pagepool,
+				   struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *fg_io,
+				   bool force_fg)
+{
+	struct erofs_sb_info *const sbi = EROFS_SB(sb);
+	const unsigned clusterpages = erofs_clusterpages(sbi);
+	const gfp_t gfp = GFP_NOFS;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io *ios[1 + __FSIO_1];
+	struct bio *bio;
+	tagptr1_t bi_private;
+	/* since bio will be NULL, no need to initialize last_index */
+	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(last_index);
+	bool force_submit = false;
+	unsigned nr_bios;
+
+	if (unlikely(owned_head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * force_fg == 1, (io, fg_io[0]) no io, (io, fg_io[1]) need submit io
+	 * force_fg == 0, (io, fg_io[0]) no io; (io[1], bg_io) need submit io
+	 */
+	if (force_fg) {
+		ios[__FSIO_1] = prepare_io_handler(sb, fg_io + __FSIO_1, false);
+		bi_private = tagptr_fold(tagptr1_t, ios[__FSIO_1], 0);
+	} else {
+		ios[__FSIO_1] = prepare_io_handler(sb, NULL, true);
+		bi_private = tagptr_fold(tagptr1_t, ios[__FSIO_1], 1);
+	}
+
+	nr_bios = 0;
+	force_submit = false;
+	bio = NULL;
+
+	/* by default, all need io submission */
+	ios[__FSIO_1]->head = owned_head;
+
+	do {
+		struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp;
+		struct page **compressed_pages, *oldpage, *page;
+		pgoff_t first_index;
+		unsigned i = 0;
+		int err;
+
+		/* no possible 'owned_head' equals the following */
+		DBG_BUGON(owned_head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED);
+		DBG_BUGON(owned_head == Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL);
+
+		grp = owned_head;
+
+		/* close the main owned chain at first */
+		owned_head = cmpxchg(&grp->next, Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL,
+			Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED);
+
+		first_index = grp->obj.index;
+		compressed_pages = grp->compressed_pages;
+
+		force_submit |= (first_index != last_index + 1);
+repeat:
+		/* fulfill all compressed pages */
+		oldpage = page = READ_ONCE(compressed_pages[i]);
+
+		if (page != NULL)
+			BUG_ON(PageUptodate(page));
+		else {
+			page = __stagingpage_alloc(pagepool, gfp);
+
+			if (oldpage != cmpxchg(compressed_pages + i,
+				oldpage, page)) {
+				list_add(&page->lru, pagepool);
+				goto repeat;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (bio != NULL && force_submit) {
+submit_bio_retry:
+			__submit_bio(bio, REQ_OP_READ, 0);
+			bio = NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (bio == NULL) {
+			bio = prepare_bio(sb, first_index + i,
+				BIO_MAX_PAGES, z_erofs_vle_read_endio);
+			bio->bi_private = tagptr_cast_ptr(bi_private);
+
+			++nr_bios;
+		}
+
+		err = bio_add_page(bio, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+		if (err < PAGE_SIZE)
+			goto submit_bio_retry;
+
+		force_submit = false;
+		last_index = first_index + i;
+		if (++i < clusterpages)
+			goto repeat;
+	} while (owned_head != Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL);
+
+	if (bio != NULL)
+		__submit_bio(bio, REQ_OP_READ, 0);
+
+	BUG_ON(!nr_bios);
+
+	z_erofs_vle_unzip_kickoff(tagptr_cast_ptr(bi_private), nr_bios);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void z_erofs_submit_and_unzip(struct z_erofs_vle_frontend *f,
+				     struct list_head *pagepool,
+				     bool force_fg)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = f->inode->i_sb;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io io[1 + __FSIO_1];
+
+	if (!z_erofs_vle_submit_all(sb, f->owned_head, pagepool, io, force_fg))
+		return;
+
+	if (!force_fg)
+		return;
+
+	/* wait until all bios are completed */
+	wait_event(io[__FSIO_1].u.wait,
+		!atomic_read(&io[__FSIO_1].pending_bios));
+
+	/* let's synchronous decompression */
+	z_erofs_vle_unzip_all(sb, &io[__FSIO_1], pagepool);
+}
+
+static int z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpage(struct file *file,
+					     struct page *page)
+{
+	struct inode *const inode = page->mapping->host;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_frontend f = VLE_FRONTEND_INIT(inode);
+	int err;
+	LIST_HEAD(pagepool);
+
+	err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page, &pagepool);
+	(void)z_erofs_vle_work_iter_end(&f.builder);
+
+	if (err) {
+		errln("%s, failed to read, err [%d]", __func__, err);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	z_erofs_submit_and_unzip(&f, &pagepool, true);
+out:
+	if (f.m_iter.mpage != NULL)
+		put_page(f.m_iter.mpage);
+
+	/* clean up the remaining free pages */
+	put_pages_list(&pagepool);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline int __z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpages(
+	struct file *filp,
+	struct address_space *mapping,
+	struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages, bool sync)
+{
+	struct inode *const inode = mapping->host;
+
+	struct z_erofs_vle_frontend f = VLE_FRONTEND_INIT(inode);
+	gfp_t gfp = mapping_gfp_constraint(mapping, GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct page *head = NULL;
+	LIST_HEAD(pagepool);
+
+	for (; nr_pages; --nr_pages) {
+		struct page *page = lru_to_page(pages);
+
+		prefetchw(&page->flags);
+		list_del(&page->lru);
+
+		if (add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, page->index, gfp)) {
+			list_add(&page->lru, &pagepool);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		BUG_ON(PagePrivate(page));
+		set_page_private(page, (unsigned long)head);
+		head = page;
+	}
+
+	while (head != NULL) {
+		struct page *page = head;
+		int err;
+
+		/* traversal in reverse order */
+		head = (void *)page_private(page);
+
+		err = z_erofs_do_read_page(&f, page, &pagepool);
+		if (err) {
+			struct erofs_vnode *vi = EROFS_V(inode);
+
+			errln("%s, readahead error at page %lu of nid %llu",
+				__func__, page->index, vi->nid);
+		}
+
+		put_page(page);
+	}
+
+	(void)z_erofs_vle_work_iter_end(&f.builder);
+
+	z_erofs_submit_and_unzip(&f, &pagepool, sync);
+
+	if (f.m_iter.mpage != NULL)
+		put_page(f.m_iter.mpage);
+
+	/* clean up the remaining free pages */
+	put_pages_list(&pagepool);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpages(
+	struct file *filp,
+	struct address_space *mapping,
+	struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
+{
+	return __z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpages(filp,
+		mapping, pages, nr_pages,
+		nr_pages < 4 /* sync */);
+}
+
+const struct address_space_operations z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_aops = {
+	.readpage = z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpage,
+	.readpages = z_erofs_vle_normalaccess_readpages,
+};
 
 #define __vle_cluster_advise(x, bit, bits) \
 	((le16_to_cpu(x) >> (bit)) & ((1 << (bits)) - 1))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.h b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.h
index b34f5bc28d29..3521dfb31906 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/unzip_vle.h
@@ -14,9 +14,213 @@
 #define __EROFS_FS_UNZIP_VLE_H
 
 #include "internal.h"
+#include "unzip_pagevec.h"
+
+/*
+ *  - 0x5A110C8D ('sallocated', Z_EROFS_MAPPING_STAGING) -
+ * used for temporary allocated pages (via erofs_allocpage),
+ * in order to seperate those from NULL mapping (eg. truncated pages)
+ */
+#define Z_EROFS_MAPPING_STAGING		((void *)0x5A110C8D)
+
+#define z_erofs_is_stagingpage(page)	\
+	((page)->mapping == Z_EROFS_MAPPING_STAGING)
+
+static inline bool z_erofs_gather_if_stagingpage(struct list_head *page_pool,
+						 struct page *page)
+{
+	if (z_erofs_is_stagingpage(page)) {
+		list_add(&page->lru, page_pool);
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Structure fields follow one of the following exclusion rules.
+ *
+ * I: Modifiable by initialization/destruction paths and read-only
+ *    for everyone else.
+ *
+ */
 
 #define Z_EROFS_VLE_INLINE_PAGEVECS     3
 
+struct z_erofs_vle_work {
+	/* struct z_erofs_vle_work *left, *right; */
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+	struct list_head list;
+
+	atomic_t refcount;
+#endif
+	struct mutex lock;
+
+	/* I: decompression offset in page */
+	unsigned short pageofs;
+	unsigned short nr_pages;
+
+	/* L: queued pages in pagevec[] */
+	unsigned vcnt;
+
+	union {
+		/* L: pagevec */
+		erofs_vtptr_t pagevec[Z_EROFS_VLE_INLINE_PAGEVECS];
+		struct rcu_head rcu;
+	};
+};
+
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_PLAIN        0
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_LZ4          1
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_MASK         1
+
+typedef struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t;
+
+struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup {
+	struct erofs_workgroup obj;
+	struct z_erofs_vle_work work;
+
+	/* next owned workgroup */
+	z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t next;
+
+	/* compressed pages (including multi-usage pages) */
+	struct page *compressed_pages[Z_EROFS_CLUSTER_MAX_PAGES];
+	unsigned int llen, flags;
+};
+
+/* let's avoid the valid 32-bit kernel addresses */
+
+/* the chained workgroup has't submitted io (still open) */
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL        ((void *)0x5F0ECAFE)
+/* the chained workgroup has already submitted io */
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_TAIL_CLOSED ((void *)0x5F0EDEAD)
+
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_NIL         (NULL)
+
+#define z_erofs_vle_workgrp_fmt(grp)	\
+	((grp)->flags & Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_MASK)
+
+static inline void z_erofs_vle_set_workgrp_fmt(
+	struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup *grp,
+	unsigned int fmt)
+{
+	grp->flags = fmt | (grp->flags & ~Z_EROFS_VLE_WORKGRP_FMT_MASK);
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP_MULTIREF
+#error multiref decompression is unimplemented yet
+#else
+
+#define z_erofs_vle_grab_primary_work(grp)	(&(grp)->work)
+#define z_erofs_vle_grab_work(grp, pageofs)	(&(grp)->work)
+#define z_erofs_vle_work_workgroup(wrk, primary)	\
+	((primary) ? container_of(wrk,	\
+		struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup, work) : \
+		({ BUG(); (void *)NULL; }))
+
+#endif
+
+#define Z_EROFS_WORKGROUP_SIZE       sizeof(struct z_erofs_vle_workgroup)
+
+struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io {
+	atomic_t pending_bios;
+	z_erofs_vle_owned_workgrp_t head;
+
+	union {
+		wait_queue_head_t wait;
+		struct work_struct work;
+	} u;
+};
+
+struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io_sb {
+	struct z_erofs_vle_unzip_io io;
+	struct super_block *sb;
+};
+
+#define Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_BITS 2
+#define Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_MASK ((1 << Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_BITS) - 1)
+#define Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_INDEX_SHIFT  (Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_BITS)
+
+/*
+ * waiters (aka. ongoing_packs): # to unlock the page
+ * sub-index: 0 - for partial page, >= 1 full page sub-index
+ */
+typedef atomic_t z_erofs_onlinepage_t;
+
+/* type punning */
+union z_erofs_onlinepage_converter {
+	z_erofs_onlinepage_t *o;
+	unsigned long *v;
+};
+
+static inline unsigned z_erofs_onlinepage_index(struct page *page)
+{
+	union z_erofs_onlinepage_converter u;
+
+	BUG_ON(!PagePrivate(page));
+	u.v = &page_private(page);
+
+	return atomic_read(u.o) >> Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_INDEX_SHIFT;
+}
+
+static inline void z_erofs_onlinepage_init(struct page *page)
+{
+	union {
+		z_erofs_onlinepage_t o;
+		unsigned long v;
+	/* keep from being unlocked in advance */
+	} u = { .o = ATOMIC_INIT(1) };
+
+	set_page_private(page, u.v);
+	smp_wmb();
+	SetPagePrivate(page);
+}
+
+static inline void z_erofs_onlinepage_fixup(struct page *page,
+	uintptr_t index, bool down)
+{
+	unsigned long *p, o, v, id;
+repeat:
+	p = &page_private(page);
+	o = READ_ONCE(*p);
+
+	id = o >> Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_INDEX_SHIFT;
+	if (id) {
+		if (!index)
+			return;
+
+		BUG_ON(id != index);
+	}
+
+	v = (index << Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_INDEX_SHIFT) |
+		((o & Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_MASK) + (unsigned)down);
+	if (cmpxchg(p, o, v) != o)
+		goto repeat;
+}
+
+static inline void z_erofs_onlinepage_endio(struct page *page)
+{
+	union z_erofs_onlinepage_converter u;
+	unsigned v;
+
+	BUG_ON(!PagePrivate(page));
+	u.v = &page_private(page);
+
+	v = atomic_dec_return(u.o);
+	if (!(v & Z_EROFS_ONLINEPAGE_COUNT_MASK)) {
+		ClearPagePrivate(page);
+		if (!PageError(page))
+			SetPageUptodate(page);
+		unlock_page(page);
+	}
+
+	debugln("%s, page %p value %x", __func__, page, atomic_read(u.o));
+}
+
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_ONSTACK_PAGES	\
+	min(THREAD_SIZE / 8 / sizeof(struct page *), 96UL)
+#define Z_EROFS_VLE_VMAP_GLOBAL_PAGES	2048
+
 /* unzip_vle_lz4.c */
 extern int z_erofs_vle_plain_copy(struct page **compressed_pages,
 	unsigned clusterpages, struct page **pages,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
index 0d4eae2f79a8..6530035f8a61 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "internal.h"
+#include <linux/pagevec.h>
 
 struct page *erofs_allocpage(struct list_head *pool, gfp_t gfp)
 {
@@ -98,11 +99,69 @@ int erofs_register_workgroup(struct super_block *sb,
 	return err;
 }
 
+extern void erofs_workgroup_free_rcu(struct erofs_workgroup *grp);
+
+int erofs_workgroup_put(struct erofs_workgroup *grp)
+{
+	int count = atomic_dec_return(&grp->refcount);
+
+	if (count == 1)
+		atomic_long_inc(&erofs_global_shrink_cnt);
+	else if (!count) {
+		atomic_long_dec(&erofs_global_shrink_cnt);
+		erofs_workgroup_free_rcu(grp);
+	}
+	return count;
+}
+
 unsigned long erofs_shrink_workstation(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi,
 				       unsigned long nr_shrink,
 				       bool cleanup)
 {
-	return 0;
+	pgoff_t first_index = 0;
+	void *batch[PAGEVEC_SIZE];
+	unsigned freed = 0;
+
+	int i, found;
+repeat:
+	erofs_workstn_lock(sbi);
+
+	found = radix_tree_gang_lookup(&sbi->workstn_tree,
+		batch, first_index, PAGEVEC_SIZE);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < found; ++i) {
+		int cnt;
+		struct erofs_workgroup *grp = (void *)
+			((unsigned long)batch[i] &
+				~RADIX_TREE_EXCEPTIONAL_ENTRY);
+
+		first_index = grp->index + 1;
+
+		cnt = atomic_read(&grp->refcount);
+		BUG_ON(cnt <= 0);
+
+		if (cleanup)
+			BUG_ON(cnt != 1);
+
+		else if (cnt > 1)
+			continue;
+
+		if (radix_tree_delete(&sbi->workstn_tree,
+			grp->index) != grp)
+			continue;
+
+		/* (rarely) grabbed again when freeing */
+		erofs_workgroup_put(grp);
+
+		++freed;
+		if (unlikely(!--nr_shrink))
+			break;
+	}
+	erofs_workstn_unlock(sbi);
+
+	if (i && nr_shrink)
+		goto repeat;
+	return freed;
 }
 
 #endif