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EROFS Implementing Metadata Compression For Even Smaller Image Sizes


The EROFS read-only file-system ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window has been working on metadata compression support to allow for even smaller container image sizes but at the cost of higher I/O latency.

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