void *workspace,
                            void *dst, size_t dst_len,
                            void *src, size_t src_len,
-                           enum bch_compression_type compression_type)
+                           struct bch_compression_opt compression)
 {
-       switch (compression_type) {
-       case BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4: {
-               int len = src_len;
-               int ret = LZ4_compress_destSize(
-                               src,            dst,
-                               &len,           dst_len,
-                               workspace);
-
-               if (len < src_len)
-                       return -len;
+       enum bch_compression_type compression_type =
+               __bch2_compression_opt_to_type[compression.type];
 
-               return ret;
-       }
+       switch (compression_type) {
+       case BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4:
+               if (compression.level < LZ4HC_MIN_CLEVEL) {
+                       int len = src_len;
+                       int ret = LZ4_compress_destSize(
+                                       src,            dst,
+                                       &len,           dst_len,
+                                       workspace);
+                       if (len < src_len)
+                               return -len;
+
+                       return ret;
+               } else {
+                       int ret = LZ4_compress_HC(
+                                       src,            dst,
+                                       src_len,        dst_len,
+                                       compression.level,
+                                       workspace);
+
+                       return ret ?: -1;
+               }
        case BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_gzip: {
                z_stream strm = {
                        .next_in        = src,
                };
 
                zlib_set_workspace(&strm, workspace);
-               zlib_deflateInit2(&strm, Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION,
+               zlib_deflateInit2(&strm,
+                                 compression.level
+                                 ? clamp_t(unsigned, compression.level,
+                                           Z_BEST_SPEED, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION)
+                                 : Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION,
                                  Z_DEFLATED, -MAX_WBITS, DEF_MEM_LEVEL,
                                  Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY);
 
                return strm.total_out;
        }
        case BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_zstd: {
+               /*
+                * rescale:
+                * zstd max compression level is 22, our max level is 15
+                */
+               unsigned level = min((compression.level * 3) / 2, zstd_max_clevel());
+               ZSTD_parameters params = zstd_get_params(level, c->opts.encoded_extent_max);
                ZSTD_CCtx *ctx = zstd_init_cctx(workspace,
-                       zstd_cctx_workspace_bound(&c->zstd_params.cParams));
+                       zstd_cctx_workspace_bound(¶ms.cParams));
 
                /*
                 * ZSTD requires that when we decompress we pass in the exact
 static unsigned __bio_compress(struct bch_fs *c,
                               struct bio *dst, size_t *dst_len,
                               struct bio *src, size_t *src_len,
-                              enum bch_compression_type compression_type)
+                              struct bch_compression_opt compression)
 {
        struct bbuf src_data = { NULL }, dst_data = { NULL };
        void *workspace;
+       enum bch_compression_type compression_type =
+               __bch2_compression_opt_to_type[compression.type];
        unsigned pad;
        int ret = 0;
 
                ret = attempt_compress(c, workspace,
                                       dst_data.b,      *dst_len,
                                       src_data.b,      *src_len,
-                                      compression_type);
+                                      compression);
                if (ret > 0) {
                        *dst_len = ret;
                        ret = 0;
        BUG_ON(!*src_len || *src_len > src->bi_iter.bi_size);
        BUG_ON(*dst_len & (block_bytes(c) - 1));
        BUG_ON(*src_len & (block_bytes(c) - 1));
+       ret = compression_type;
 out:
        bio_unmap_or_unbounce(c, src_data);
        bio_unmap_or_unbounce(c, dst_data);
-       return compression_type;
+       return ret;
 err:
-       compression_type = BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_incompressible;
+       ret = BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_incompressible;
        goto out;
 }
 
 unsigned bch2_bio_compress(struct bch_fs *c,
                           struct bio *dst, size_t *dst_len,
                           struct bio *src, size_t *src_len,
-                          unsigned compression_type)
+                          unsigned compression_opt)
 {
        unsigned orig_dst = dst->bi_iter.bi_size;
        unsigned orig_src = src->bi_iter.bi_size;
+       unsigned compression_type;
 
        /* Don't consume more than BCH_ENCODED_EXTENT_MAX from @src: */
        src->bi_iter.bi_size = min_t(unsigned, src->bi_iter.bi_size,
        /* Don't generate a bigger output than input: */
        dst->bi_iter.bi_size = min(dst->bi_iter.bi_size, src->bi_iter.bi_size);
 
-       if (compression_type == BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4_old)
-               compression_type = BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4;
-
        compression_type =
-               __bio_compress(c, dst, dst_len, src, src_len, compression_type);
+               __bio_compress(c, dst, dst_len, src, src_len,
+                              bch2_compression_decode(compression_opt));
 
        dst->bi_iter.bi_size = orig_dst;
        src->bi_iter.bi_size = orig_src;
 }
 
 int bch2_check_set_has_compressed_data(struct bch_fs *c,
-                                      unsigned compression_type)
+                                      unsigned compression_opt)
 {
+       unsigned compression_type = bch2_compression_decode(compression_opt).type;
+
        BUG_ON(compression_type >= ARRAY_SIZE(bch2_compression_opt_to_feature));
 
        return compression_type
 {
        size_t decompress_workspace_size = 0;
        bool decompress_workspace_needed;
-       ZSTD_parameters params = zstd_get_params(0, c->opts.encoded_extent_max);
+       ZSTD_parameters params = zstd_get_params(zstd_max_clevel(),
+                                                c->opts.encoded_extent_max);
        struct {
-               unsigned        feature;
-               unsigned        type;
-               size_t          compress_workspace;
-               size_t          decompress_workspace;
+               unsigned                        feature;
+               enum bch_compression_type       type;
+               size_t                          compress_workspace;
+               size_t                          decompress_workspace;
        } compression_types[] = {
-               { BCH_FEATURE_lz4, BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4, LZ4_MEM_COMPRESS, 0 },
+               { BCH_FEATURE_lz4, BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_lz4,
+                       max_t(size_t, LZ4_MEM_COMPRESS, LZ4HC_MEM_COMPRESS) },
                { BCH_FEATURE_gzip, BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_gzip,
                        zlib_deflate_workspacesize(MAX_WBITS, DEF_MEM_LEVEL),
                        zlib_inflate_workspacesize(), },
        return 0;
 }
 
+static u64 compression_opt_to_feature(unsigned v)
+{
+       unsigned type = bch2_compression_decode(v).type;
+       return 1ULL << bch2_compression_opt_to_feature[type];
+}
+
 int bch2_fs_compress_init(struct bch_fs *c)
 {
        u64 f = c->sb.features;
 
-       if (c->opts.compression)
-               f |= 1ULL << bch2_compression_opt_to_feature[c->opts.compression];
-
-       if (c->opts.background_compression)
-               f |= 1ULL << bch2_compression_opt_to_feature[c->opts.background_compression];
+       f |= compression_opt_to_feature(c->opts.compression);
+       f |= compression_opt_to_feature(c->opts.background_compression);
 
        return __bch2_fs_compress_init(c, f);
+}
+
+int bch2_opt_compression_parse(struct bch_fs *c, const char *_val, u64 *res,
+                              struct printbuf *err)
+{
+       char *val = kstrdup(_val, GFP_KERNEL);
+       char *p = val, *type_str, *level_str;
+       struct bch_compression_opt opt = { 0 };
+       int ret;
+
+       if (!val)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       type_str = strsep(&p, ":");
+       level_str = p;
+
+       ret = match_string(bch2_compression_opts, -1, type_str);
+       if (ret < 0 && err)
+               prt_str(err, "invalid compression type");
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto err;
+
+       opt.type = ret;
+
+       if (level_str) {
+               unsigned level;
+
+               ret = kstrtouint(level_str, 10, &level);
+               if (!ret && !opt.type && level)
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               if (!ret && level > 15)
+                       ret = -EINVAL;
+               if (ret < 0 && err)
+                       prt_str(err, "invalid compression level");
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       goto err;
+
+               opt.level = level;
+       }
+
+       *res = bch2_compression_encode(opt);
+err:
+       kfree(val);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+void bch2_opt_compression_to_text(struct printbuf *out,
+                                 struct bch_fs *c,
+                                 struct bch_sb *sb,
+                                 u64 v)
+{
+       struct bch_compression_opt opt = bch2_compression_decode(v);
 
+       prt_str(out, bch2_compression_opts[opt.type]);
+       if (opt.level)
+               prt_printf(out, ":%u", opt.level);
 }
 
        /* Can we just write the entire extent as is? */
        if (op->crc.uncompressed_size == op->crc.live_size &&
            op->crc.compressed_size <= wp->sectors_free &&
-           (op->crc.compression_type == op->compression_type ||
+           (op->crc.compression_type == bch2_compression_opt_to_type(op->compression_opt) ||
             op->incompressible)) {
                if (!crc_is_compressed(op->crc) &&
                    op->csum_type != op->crc.csum_type &&
        /*
         * If we want to compress the data, it has to be decrypted:
         */
-       if ((op->compression_type ||
+       if ((op->compression_opt ||
             bch2_csum_type_is_encryption(op->crc.csum_type) !=
             bch2_csum_type_is_encryption(op->csum_type)) &&
            bch2_write_decrypt(op))
        }
 
        if (ec_buf ||
-           op->compression_type ||
+           op->compression_opt ||
            (op->csum_type &&
             !(op->flags & BCH_WRITE_PAGES_STABLE)) ||
            (bch2_csum_type_is_encryption(op->csum_type) &&
                    dst->bi_iter.bi_size < c->opts.encoded_extent_max)
                        break;
 
-               BUG_ON(op->compression_type &&
+               BUG_ON(op->compression_opt &&
                       (op->flags & BCH_WRITE_DATA_ENCODED) &&
                       bch2_csum_type_is_encryption(op->crc.csum_type));
-               BUG_ON(op->compression_type && !bounce);
+               BUG_ON(op->compression_opt && !bounce);
 
                crc.compression_type = op->incompressible
                        ? BCH_COMPRESSION_TYPE_incompressible
-                       : op->compression_type
+                       : op->compression_opt
                        ? bch2_bio_compress(c, dst, &dst_len, src, &src_len,
-                                           op->compression_type)
+                                           op->compression_opt)
                        : 0;
                if (!crc_is_compressed(crc)) {
                        dst_len = min(dst->bi_iter.bi_size, src->bi_iter.bi_size);