On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 03:23:22PM +0800, Michael Chang via Grub-devel wrote: > The loopback image is configured to function as a disk by being mapped > as a block device. Instead of measuring the entire block device, we > should focus on tracking the individual files accessed from it. For > example, we do not directly measure block devices like disk hd0, but the > files opened from it. > > This method is important to avoid running out of memory, since loopback > images can be very large. Trying to read and measure the whole image at > once could cause out of memory errors and disrupt the boot process. > > Signed-Off-by: Michael Chang <mch...@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> Daniel _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
