[PATCH] mkfs: support block map for blob devices

Nithurshen nithurshen.dev at gmail.com
Sat Mar 7 17:28:10 AEDT 2026


Currently, using --blobdev to specify an extra device is restricted from working with the block map chunk format. This was previously noted as a task that could be implemented by mapping the device blocks using a global address.

This patch implements this support by allowing the block map to reference chunks residing on extra devices. This is achieved by:
	1) Removing the -EINVAL check in mkfs/main.c that blocked this combination of flags.
	2) Calculating the global startblk address for the block map by summing the blocks of the primary device and any preceding extra devices.
	3) Ensuring that EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES is only set if the user has not forced the block map format, and adjusting the index unit size to EROFS_BLOCK_MAP_ENTRY_SIZE accordingly.
	4) Updating erofs_inode_fixup_chunkformat to correctly identify when 48-bit addressing is required for a block-mapped file on an extra device.

Signed-off-by: Nithurshen <nithurshen.dev at gmail.com>
---
 lib/blobchunk.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 mkfs/main.c     |  7 -------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/blobchunk.c b/lib/blobchunk.c
index 96c161b..2ef7462 100644
--- a/lib/blobchunk.c
+++ b/lib/blobchunk.c
@@ -159,7 +159,17 @@ void erofs_inode_fixup_chunkformat(struct erofs_inode *inode)
 		if (chunk->blkaddr == EROFS_NULL_ADDR)
 			continue;
 		if (chunk->device_id) {
-			if (chunk->blkaddr > UINT32_MAX) {
+			if (!(inode->u.chunkformat & EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES)) {
+				erofs_blk_t mapped_blkaddr = inode->sbi->primarydevice_blocks;
+				unsigned int i;
+
+				for (i = 0; i < chunk->device_id - 1; i++)
+					mapped_blkaddr += inode->sbi->devs[i].blocks;
+				if (mapped_blkaddr + chunk->blkaddr > UINT32_MAX) {
+					_48bit = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			} else if (chunk->blkaddr > UINT32_MAX) {
 				_48bit = true;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -201,8 +211,16 @@ int erofs_write_chunk_indexes(struct erofs_inode *inode, struct erofs_vfile *vf,
 		if (chunk->blkaddr == EROFS_NULL_ADDR) {
 			startblk = EROFS_NULL_ADDR;
 		} else if (chunk->device_id) {
-			DBG_BUGON(!(inode->u.chunkformat & EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES));
-			startblk = chunk->blkaddr;
+			if (inode->u.chunkformat & EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES) {
+				startblk = chunk->blkaddr;
+			} else {
+				unsigned int i;
+
+				startblk = sbi->primarydevice_blocks;
+				for (i = 0; i < chunk->device_id - 1; i++)
+					startblk += sbi->devs[i].blocks;
+				startblk += chunk->blkaddr;
+			}
 			extent_start = EROFS_NULL_ADDR;
 		} else {
 			startblk = remapped_base + chunk->blkaddr;
@@ -324,7 +342,7 @@ int erofs_blob_write_chunked_file(struct erofs_inode *inode, int fd,
 	chunksize = 1ULL << chunkbits;
 	count = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, chunksize);
 
-	if (sbi->extra_devices)
+	if (sbi->extra_devices && cfg.c_force_chunkformat != FORCE_INODE_BLOCK_MAP)
 		inode->u.chunkformat |= EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES;
 	if (inode->u.chunkformat & EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES)
 		unit = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_chunk_index);
@@ -494,8 +512,12 @@ int tarerofs_write_chunkes(struct erofs_inode *inode, erofs_off_t data_offset)
 	inode->u.chunkformat |= chunkbits - sbi->blkszbits;
 	if (sbi->extra_devices) {
 		device_id = 1;
-		inode->u.chunkformat |= EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES;
-		unit = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_chunk_index);
+		if (cfg.c_force_chunkformat != FORCE_INODE_BLOCK_MAP)
+			inode->u.chunkformat |= EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES;
+		if (inode->u.chunkformat & EROFS_CHUNK_FORMAT_INDEXES)
+			unit = sizeof(struct erofs_inode_chunk_index);
+		else
+			unit = EROFS_BLOCK_MAP_ENTRY_SIZE;
 		DBG_BUGON(erofs_blkoff(sbi, data_offset));
 		blkaddr = erofs_blknr(sbi, data_offset);
 	} else {
diff --git a/mkfs/main.c b/mkfs/main.c
index 58c18f9..07ef086 100644
--- a/mkfs/main.c
+++ b/mkfs/main.c
@@ -1565,13 +1565,6 @@ static int mkfs_parse_options_cfg(struct erofs_importer_params *params,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO: can be implemented with (deviceslot) mapped_blkaddr */
-	if (cfg.c_blobdev_path &&
-	    cfg.c_force_chunkformat == FORCE_INODE_BLOCK_MAP) {
-		erofs_err("--blobdev cannot work with block map currently");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (optind >= argc) {
 		erofs_err("missing argument: FILE");
 		return -EINVAL;
-- 
2.51.0



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