Add a dedicated page for Google Summer of Code 2026 by hsiangkao · Pull Request #19 · erofs/docs

hsiangkao · 2026-03-10T08:56:31Z

Adds a new page describing Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participation and listing initial project ideas for the 2026 program.

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Adds a new documentation page describing Google Summer of Code (GSoC) participation and listing initial project ideas for the 2026 program.

Changes:

Introduces src/gsoc.md with an overview of GSoC and proposal guidelines.
Adds an AI-usage disclosure requirement for proposals.
Starts a “Project Ideas for Google Summer of Code 2026” section with an initial idea entry.

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T14:48:45Z

src/gsoc.md

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+## Project Proposal Guidelines
+
+Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it to Google


This uses “Students” here, but the page otherwise refers to “contributors”. Please use consistent terminology throughout (e.g., “contributors/applicants”) to match the rest of the page and avoid mixed wording.

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Students are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it to Google

Contributors/applicants are responsible for writing a proposal and submitting it to Google

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T15:10:04Z

src/gsoc.md

+1. (erofs-utils) Multi-threaded Decompression Support in fsck.erofs
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+    Proposed mentors: Yifan Zhao, Gao Xiang


Tool names like fsck.erofs are written as plain text here, but elsewhere in the docs command names are formatted as code (backticks). Please format fsck.erofs consistently throughout this section to improve readability.

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src/gsoc.md

+    Its userspace tool, fsck.erofs, is critical for: filesystem integrity
+    checking, image unpacking and regression testing.


This sentence uses an odd colon after “critical for”, which reads like a list label but continues mid-sentence. Consider rewriting as a normal sentence/list without the colon for clarity.

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Its userspace tool, fsck.erofs, is critical for: filesystem integrity

checking, image unpacking and regression testing.

Its userspace tool, fsck.erofs, is critical for filesystem integrity

checking, image unpacking, and regression testing.

Copilot · 2026-03-10T15:10:05Z

src/gsoc.md

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+    **Description**
+
+    *TODO*


This project idea is currently a placeholder (“TODO”). If this page is intended to be published as a complete GSoC 2026 landing page, please either fill in the description or explicitly mark it as “TBD” with a timeline/where applicants should look for updates.

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*TODO*

TBD – The detailed scope for extending the `erofs-rs` functionality is still being finalized for GSoC 2026. We expect to publish a full project description closer to the application period. In the meantime, interested applicants should monitor the project repository and participate in the development mailing list or Matrix room (see “Project Proposal Guidelines” above) for updates and to discuss potential directions.

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src/gsoc.md

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+    **Description**
+
+    For local builds, currently mkfs.erofs only supports generating from source


mkfs.erofs should be formatted as inline code (backticks) to match the style used elsewhere in the docs (e.g., mkfs.erofs in src/mkfs.md and src/faq.md).

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For local builds, currently mkfs.erofs only supports generating from source

For local builds, currently `mkfs.erofs` only supports generating from source

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Copilot · 2026-03-10T15:24:44Z

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+*TODO*
+


This project idea section is left as *TODO*, which makes the GSoC ideas page incomplete. Please either flesh out the description (scope, goals, prerequisites) or remove the idea until it’s ready.

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*TODO*

`erofs-rs` is a Rust implementation of the EROFS (Enhanced Read-Only File System)

on-disk format. The goal of this project is to significantly extend its basic

functionality so that it can be reliably used for reading and inspecting EROFS

images from userspace tools and automated pipelines.

The project will focus on improving core read-only functionality rather than

advanced or experimental features. Depending on your interests and prior

experience, potential areas of work include:

- Implementing support for additional on-disk features (e.g. compression

variants, inline data, extended attributes) that are currently missing

or only partially supported in `erofs-rs`;

- Improving directory and inode handling, including edge cases and error

reporting, so that a full EROFS tree can be traversed reliably;

- Enhancing metadata validation and consistency checking to make `erofs-rs`

robust when dealing with malformed or adversarial images;

- Adding or extending a small CLI tool (or library API) for inspecting and

dumping EROFS images using `erofs-rs`;

- Writing comprehensive unit tests and integration tests against a corpus of

real-world EROFS images (e.g. Android system images, container images)

and cross-validating behavior against the reference Linux implementation.

A successful project should deliver:

- A set of concrete new features in `erofs-rs` that are documented and

covered by tests;

- Demonstrated compatibility with standard EROFS images produced by existing

tooling;

- Improved documentation explaining how to use `erofs-rs` in other Rust

projects or from the command line.

While prior experience with EROFS is not required, you should:

- Be comfortable writing idiomatic Rust and working with low-level data

structures and binary formats;

- Have a basic understanding of filesystem concepts (inodes, directories,

block layout, metadata vs. data blocks);

- Be willing to read and understand existing code and upstream EROFS

documentation and specifications.

The exact scope will be refined with your mentors based on your experience and

the available time, with an emphasis on shipping well-tested, maintainable

functionality rather than a large but fragile feature set.

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Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <xiang@kernel.org>

hsiangkao · 2026-03-10T15:50:18Z

src/gsoc.md

+
+**Description**
+
+*TBD*


@Dreamacro would you mind taking time a bit for this paragraph...

hsiangkao · 2026-03-10T15:51:03Z

PTL @SToPire @ChengyuZhu6

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