Coolpad Technology Team
Mar 23, 2022 · Backend Development
Implementation of EROFS Tail‑Packing Inline Compression in Linux Kernel 5.17
This article explains the design and implementation of the EROFS tail‑packing inline compression feature merged in Linux kernel 5.17, covering modifications to the on‑disk format, mkfs and kernel code paths, new inode structures, map‑block handling, and performance considerations with detailed code excerpts.
EROFSLinux kernelfilesystem
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