Re: [PATCH v2 00/20] fscache,erofs: fscache-based demand-read semantics
From: JeffleXu
Date: Thu Jan 27 2022 - 02:07:08 EST
On 1/26/22 4:51 PM, David Howells wrote:
> JeffleXu <jefflexu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "/path/to/file+offset"
>> ^
>>
>> Besides, what does the 'offset' mean?
>
> Assuming you're storing multiple erofs files within the same backend file, you
> need to tell the the cache backend how to find the data. Assuming the erofs
> data is arranged such that each erofs file is a single contiguous region, then
> you need a pathname and a file offset to find one of them.
>
Alright. In fact one erofs file can contain multiple chunks, which can
correspond to different backing blob files. Thus currently I will use
fscache_read() directly, to push this feature forward.
Thanks a lot.
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Thanks,
Jeffle