[PATCH v3 1/5] erofs-utils: introduce dump.erofs

[Gao Xiang]

Hi Qi,

On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 02:23:30PM +0800, Qi Wang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2021/9/28 10:33 上午, Gao Xiang wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 11:21:42AM +0800, Gao Xiang wrote:
> > > Hi Xuenan and Qi,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 05:35:33PM +0800, Guo Xuenan wrote:
> > > > From: Wang Qi<mpiglet at outlook.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Add dump-tool for erofs to facilitate users directly
> > > > analyzing the erofs image file.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Guo Xuenan<guoxuenan at huawei.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Wang Qi<mpiglet at outlook.com>
> > > I'm almost fine with the series, and I will merge some of the patches
> > > later.
> > > 
> > > Due to busy work, my original plan was to fix some nits by myself and
> > > apply. Anyway, I will reply some comments this evening...
> > I've merged the first 2 patches into dev branch with modification (so no
> > need to resend the first two patches).
> > 
> > The rest patches are still a bit messy, I've set up a new
> > experimental-dump branch, please check out:
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/xiang/erofs-utils.git/?h=experimental-dump
> > 
> > There are some stuffs needing to be resolved in advance:
> >   1) rename all "dumpfs_" prefix into "erofsdump_";
> >   2) I feel still uncomfortable when reading get_path_by_nid() and
> >      erofs_read_dir(). Could we refactor them by introducing
> >      erofs_for_each_dir() or likewise?
> >   3) file_category_types and the switch in dumpfs_print_inode() are
> >      duplicated to me. I think one of them can be removed instead.
> >   4) please help using "filefrag -v -b1" style when printing extent info
> >      in erofsdump_show_inode_phy(), like below:
> > 
> >   ext:     logical_offset:        physical_offset: length:   expected: flags:
> >     0:        0..   20479: 21788270592..21788291071:  20480:             last,eof
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gao Xiang
> > 
> Thanks for your reply! I will refactor the code according to your advice.

Nice! Many thanks for your time and contribution! :)

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

> 
> Thanks,
> Wang Qi