[PATCH v5 1/2] erofs: add 'fsoffset' mount option for file-backed & bdev-based mounts

Hongbo Li lihongbo22 at huawei.com
Tue May 13 23:56:22 AEST 2025



On 2025/5/13 19:34, Sheng Yong wrote:
> From: Sheng Yong <shengyong1 at xiaomi.com>
> 
> When attempting to use an archive file, such as APEX on android,
> as a file-backed mount source, it fails because EROFS image within
> the archive file does not start at offset 0. As a result, a loop
> device is still needed to attach the image file at an appropriate
> offset first. Similarly, if an EROFS image within a block device
> does not start at offset 0, it cannot be mounted directly either.
> 
> To address this issue, this patch adds a new mount option `fsoffset=x'
> to accept a start offset for both file-backed and bdev-based mounts.
> The offset should be aligned to block size. EROFS will add this offset
> before performing read requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sheng Yong <shengyong1 at xiaomi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Shuai <wangshuai12 at xiaomi.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst |  1 +
>   fs/erofs/data.c                     |  8 ++++++--
>   fs/erofs/fileio.c                   |  3 ++-
>   fs/erofs/internal.h                 |  2 ++
>   fs/erofs/super.c                    | 12 +++++++++++-
>   fs/erofs/zdata.c                    |  3 ++-
>   6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> ---
> v5: * fix fsoffset on multiple device by adding off when creating io
>        request, erofs_map_device selects the target device an only
>        primary device has an off
>      * remove unnecessary checks of fsoffset value
>      * try to combine off and dax_part_off, but it is not easy to do
>        that, because dax_part_off is not needed when reading metadata
> 
> v4: * change mount option `offset=x' to `fsoffset=x'
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-erofs/c5110e03-90ea-40be-b05f-bc920332a1e1@linux.alibaba.com
> 
> v3: * rename `offs' to `off'
>      * parse offset using fsparam_u64 and validate it in fill_super
>      * update bi_sector inline
>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-erofs/98585dd8-d0b6-4000-b46d-a08c64eae44d@linux.alibaba.com
> 
> v2: * add a new mount option `offset=X' for start offset, and offset
>         should be aligned to PAGE_SIZE
>      * add start offset for both file-backed and bdev-based mounts
>      https://lore.kernel.org/linux-erofs/0725c2ec-528c-42a8-9557-4713e7e35153@linux.alibaba.com
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250324022849.2715578-1-shengyong1@xiaomi.com/
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
> index c293f8e37468..0fa4c7826203 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst
> @@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ device=%s              Specify a path to an extra device to be used together.
>   fsid=%s                Specify a filesystem image ID for Fscache back-end.
>   domain_id=%s           Specify a domain ID in fscache mode so that different images
>                          with the same blobs under a given domain ID can share storage.
> +fsoffset=%s            Specify image offset for file-backed or bdev-based mounts.
>   ===================    =========================================================
>   
>   Sysfs Entries
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/data.c b/fs/erofs/data.c
> index 2409d2ab0c28..599a44d5d782 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/data.c
> @@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ void erofs_put_metabuf(struct erofs_buf *buf)
>   
>   void *erofs_bread(struct erofs_buf *buf, erofs_off_t offset, bool need_kmap)
>   {
> -	pgoff_t index = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	pgoff_t index;
>   	struct folio *folio = NULL;
>   
> +	offset += buf->off;
> +	index = offset >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +
>   	if (buf->page) {
>   		folio = page_folio(buf->page);
>   		if (folio_file_page(folio, index) != buf->page)
> @@ -54,6 +57,7 @@ void erofs_init_metabuf(struct erofs_buf *buf, struct super_block *sb)
>   	struct erofs_sb_info *sbi = EROFS_SB(sb);
>   
>   	buf->file = NULL;
> +	buf->off = sbi->dif0.off;
>   	if (erofs_is_fileio_mode(sbi)) {
>   		buf->file = sbi->dif0.file;	/* some fs like FUSE needs it */
>   		buf->mapping = buf->file->f_mapping;
> @@ -299,7 +303,7 @@ static int erofs_iomap_begin(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length,
>   		iomap->private = buf.base;
>   	} else {
>   		iomap->type = IOMAP_MAPPED;
> -		iomap->addr = mdev.m_pa;
> +		iomap->addr = mdev.m_dif->off + mdev.m_pa;
>   		if (flags & IOMAP_DAX)
>   			iomap->addr += mdev.m_dif->dax_part_off;
>   	}
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/fileio.c b/fs/erofs/fileio.c
> index 60c7cc4c105c..a2c7001ff789 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/fileio.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/fileio.c
> @@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ static int erofs_fileio_scan_folio(struct erofs_fileio *io, struct folio *folio)
>   				if (err)
>   					break;
>   				io->rq = erofs_fileio_rq_alloc(&io->dev);
> -				io->rq->bio.bi_iter.bi_sector = io->dev.m_pa >> 9;
> +				io->rq->bio.bi_iter.bi_sector =
> +					(io->dev.m_dif->off + io->dev.m_pa) >> 9;
>   				attached = 0;
>   			}
>   			if (!bio_add_folio(&io->rq->bio, folio, len, cur))
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/internal.h b/fs/erofs/internal.h
> index 4ac188d5d894..10656bd986bd 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/internal.h
> +++ b/fs/erofs/internal.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct erofs_device_info {
>   	char *path;
>   	struct erofs_fscache *fscache;
>   	struct file *file;
> +	loff_t off;

Use u64 is better?

>   	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
>   	u64 dax_part_off;
>   
> @@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ enum {
>   struct erofs_buf {
>   	struct address_space *mapping;
>   	struct file *file;
> +	loff_t off;

Same here.

>   	struct page *page;
>   	void *base;
>   };
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/super.c b/fs/erofs/super.c
> index da6ee7c39290..512877d7d855 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/super.c
> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static void erofs_default_options(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi)
>   
>   enum {
>   	Opt_user_xattr, Opt_acl, Opt_cache_strategy, Opt_dax, Opt_dax_enum,
> -	Opt_device, Opt_fsid, Opt_domain_id, Opt_directio,
> +	Opt_device, Opt_fsid, Opt_domain_id, Opt_directio, Opt_fsoffset,
>   };
>   
>   static const struct constant_table erofs_param_cache_strategy[] = {
> @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static const struct fs_parameter_spec erofs_fs_parameters[] = {
>   	fsparam_string("fsid",		Opt_fsid),
>   	fsparam_string("domain_id",	Opt_domain_id),
>   	fsparam_flag_no("directio",	Opt_directio),
> +	fsparam_u64("fsoffset",		Opt_fsoffset),
>   	{}
>   };
>   
> @@ -506,6 +507,9 @@ static int erofs_fc_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc,
>   		errorfc(fc, "%s option not supported", erofs_fs_parameters[opt].name);
>   #endif
>   		break;
> +	case Opt_fsoffset:
> +		sbi->dif0.off = result.uint_64;
> +		break;
>   	}
>   	return 0;
>   }
> @@ -599,6 +603,10 @@ static int erofs_fc_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
>   				&sbi->dif0.dax_part_off, NULL, NULL);
>   	}
>   
> +	if (sbi->dif0.off & ((1 << sbi->blkszbits) - 1))
> +		return invalfc(fc, "fsoffset %lld not aligned to block size",
> +			       sbi->dif0.off);
> +
>   	err = erofs_read_superblock(sb);
>   	if (err)
>   		return err;
> @@ -947,6 +955,8 @@ static int erofs_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct dentry *root)
>   	if (sbi->domain_id)
>   		seq_printf(seq, ",domain_id=%s", sbi->domain_id);
>   #endif
> +	if (sbi->dif0.off)
> +		seq_printf(seq, ",fsoffset=%lld", sbi->dif0.off);
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/fs/erofs/zdata.c b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> index b8e6b76c23d5..4f910d7ffb2f 100644
> --- a/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> +++ b/fs/erofs/zdata.c
> @@ -1707,7 +1707,8 @@ static void z_erofs_submit_queue(struct z_erofs_frontend *f,
>   					bio = bio_alloc(mdev.m_bdev, BIO_MAX_VECS,
>   							REQ_OP_READ, GFP_NOIO);
>   				bio->bi_end_io = z_erofs_endio;
> -				bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = cur >> 9;
> +				bio->bi_iter.bi_sector =
> +						(mdev.m_dif->off + cur) >> 9;
>   				bio->bi_private = q[JQ_SUBMIT];
>   				if (readahead)
>   					bio->bi_opf |= REQ_RAHEAD;


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