[PATCH v2 2/2] erofs-utils: introduce tarerofs

[Gao Xiang]

On 2023/7/13 20:00, Jingbo Xu wrote:
> From: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
> 
> Let's try to add a new mode "tarerofs" for mkfs.erofs.
> 
> It mainly aims at two use cases:
>   - Convert a tarball (or later tarballs with a merged view) into
>     a full EROFS image [--tar=f];
> 
>   - Generate an EROFS manifest image to reuse tar data [--tar=i],
>     which also enables EROFS 512-byte blocks.
> 
> The second use case is mainly prepared for OCI direct mount without
> OCI blob unpacking.  This also adds another `--aufs` option to
> transform aufs special files into overlayfs metadata.
> 
> [ Note that `--tar=f` generates lots of temporary files for now which
>    can impact performance since the original tar stream(s) may be
>    non-seekable. ]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu at linux.alibaba.com>

I got issues when applying this to any branch (-dev or -experimental),
also [PATCH 1/2] has been applied before, don't resend anymore.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang