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diff --git a/fs/erofs/Kconfig b/fs/erofs/Kconfig index 14b747026742..addfe608d08e 100644 --- a/fs/erofs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/erofs/Kconfig @@ -6,16 +6,22 @@ config EROFS_FS select FS_IOMAP select LIBCRC32C help - EROFS (Enhanced Read-Only File System) is a lightweight - read-only file system with modern designs (eg. page-sized - blocks, inline xattrs/data, etc.) for scenarios which need - high-performance read-only requirements, e.g. Android OS - for mobile phones and LIVECDs. + 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 fixed-sized output compression support, - which improves storage density, keeps relatively higher - compression ratios, which is more useful to achieve high - performance for embedded devices with limited memory. + It also provides fixed-sized output compression support in order to + improve storage density as well as keep relatively higher compression + ratios and implements in-place decompression to reuse the file page + for compressed data temporarily with proper strategies, which is + quite useful to ensure guaranteed end-to-end runtime decompression + performance under extremely memory pressure without extra cost. + + See the documentation at <file:Documentation/filesystems/erofs.rst> + for more details. If unsure, say N. |