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diff --git a/fs/erofs/Kconfig b/fs/erofs/Kconfig index a9f645f57bb2..97c48ebe8458 100644 --- a/fs/erofs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/erofs/Kconfig @@ -16,22 +16,36 @@ config EROFS_FS select ZLIB_INFLATE if EROFS_FS_ZIP_DEFLATE select ZSTD_DECOMPRESS if EROFS_FS_ZIP_ZSTD help - EROFS (Enhanced Read-Only File System) is a lightweight read-only - file system with modern designs (e.g. no buffer heads, inline - xattrs/data, chunk-based deduplication, multiple devices, etc.) for - scenarios which need high-performance read-only solutions, e.g. - smartphones with Android OS, LiveCDs and high-density hosts with - numerous containers; - - It also provides transparent compression and deduplication support to - improve storage density and maintain relatively high compression - ratios, and it implements in-place decompression to temporarily reuse - page cache for compressed data using proper strategies, which is - quite useful for ensuring guaranteed end-to-end runtime decompression + EROFS (Enhanced Read-Only File System) is a modern, lightweight, + secure read-only filesystem for various use cases, such as immutable + system images, container images, application sandboxes, and datasets. + + EROFS uses a flexible, hierarchical on-disk design so that features + can be enabled on demand: the core on-disk format is block-aligned in + order to perform optimally on all kinds of devices, including block + and memory-backed devices; the format is easy to parse and has zero + metadata redundancy, unlike generic filesystems, making it ideal for + filesystem auditing and remote access; inline data, random-access + friendly directory data, inline/shared extended attributes and + chunk-based deduplication ensure space efficiency while maintaining + high performance. + + Optionally, it supports multiple devices to reference external data, + enabling data sharing for container images. + + It also has advanced encoded on-disk layouts, particularly for data + compression and fine-grained deduplication. It utilizes fixed-size + output compression to improve storage density while keeping relatively + high compression ratios. Furthermore, it implements in-place + decompression to reuse file pages to keep compressed data temporarily + with proper strategies, which ensures guaranteed end-to-end runtime performance under extreme memory pressure without extra cost. - See the documentation at <file:Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst> - and the web pages at <https://erofs.docs.kernel.org> for more details. + For more details, see the web pages at <https://erofs.docs.kernel.org> + and the documentation at <file:Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst>. + + To compile EROFS filesystem support as a module, choose M here. The + module will be called erofs. If unsure, say N. @@ -105,7 +119,8 @@ config EROFS_FS_ZIP depends on EROFS_FS default y help - Enable transparent compression support for EROFS file systems. + Enable EROFS compression layouts so that filesystems containing + compressed files can be parsed by the kernel. If you don't want to enable compression feature, say N. |