3 files changed, 59 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.c b/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.c
index 9e8e2d0..cb891f9 100644
--- a/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.c
+++ b/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int pack_files(sqfs_block_processor_t *data, fstree_t *fs,
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		flags = 0;
+		flags = fi->flags;
 		filesize = file->get_size(file);
 
 		if (opt->no_tail_packing && filesize > opt->cfg.block_size)
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ static void override_owner_dfs(const options_t *opt, tree_node_t *n)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int status = EXIT_FAILURE;
+	istream_t *sortfile = NULL;
 	void *sehnd = NULL;
 	sqfs_writer_t sqfs;
 	options_t opt;
@@ -156,6 +157,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			goto out;
 	}
 
+	if (opt.sortfile != NULL) {
+		sortfile = istream_open_file(opt.sortfile);
+		if (sortfile == NULL)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (opt.infile == NULL) {
 		if (fstree_from_dir(&sqfs.fs, sqfs.fs.root, opt.packdir,
 				    NULL, NULL, opt.dirscan_flags)) {
@@ -179,6 +186,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (sortfile != NULL) {
+		if (fstree_sort_files(&sqfs.fs, sortfile))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (pack_files(sqfs.data, &sqfs.fs, &opt))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -190,6 +202,8 @@ out:
 	sqfs_writer_cleanup(&sqfs, status);
 	if (sehnd != NULL)
 		selinux_close_context_file(sehnd);
+	if (sortfile != NULL)
+		sqfs_destroy(sortfile);
 	free(opt.packdir);
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.h b/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.h
index c43c10a..4f455bd 100644
--- a/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.h
+++ b/bin/gensquashfs/mkfs.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned int dirscan_flags;
 	const char *infile;
 	const char *selinux;
+	const char *sortfile;
 	bool no_tail_packing;
 
 	/* copied from command line or constructed from infile argument
diff --git a/bin/gensquashfs/options.c b/bin/gensquashfs/options.c
index 14c37ab..fc2d900 100644
--- a/bin/gensquashfs/options.c
+++ b/bin/gensquashfs/options.c
@@ -35,12 +35,13 @@ static struct option long_opts[] = {
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
 	{ "selinux", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
 #endif
+	{ "sort-file", required_argument, NULL, 'S' },
 	{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'V' },
 	{ "help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 },
 };
 
-static const char *short_opts = "F:D:X:c:b:B:d:u:g:j:Q:kxoefqThV"
+static const char *short_opts = "F:D:X:c:b:B:d:u:g:j:Q:S:kxoefqThV"
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
 "s:"
 #endif
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ static const char *help_string =
 "                              directory entries actually specify.\n"
 "  --all-root                  A short hand for `--set-uid 0 --set-gid 0`.\n"
 "\n"
+"  --sort-file, -S <file>      Specify a \"sort file\" that can be used to\n"
+"                              micro manage the order of files during packing\n"
+"                              and behaviour (compression, fragmentation, ..)\n"
+"\n"
 #ifdef WITH_SELINUX
 "  --selinux, -s <file>        Specify an SELinux label file to get context\n"
 "                              attributes from.\n"
@@ -169,6 +174,39 @@ const char *help_details =
 "    glob /usr/lib 0777 0 0 -type l -name \"*.so.*\" ./lib\n"
 "\n\n";
 
+const char *sort_details =
+"When using a sort file, the order in which regular files are packed can be\n"
+"changed, as well as packing behaviour. Each line in the sort file consists\n"
+"of a numeric priority (can be negative, lower priority is packed first),\n"
+"followed by optional packing flags, followed by the file path.\n"
+"\n"
+"The fields are white-space separated. The flags are comma seperated and\n"
+"contained within two square bracktes. Single line comments with `#` and\n"
+"empty lines are allowed.\n"
+"\n"
+"The default priority for un-listed files is 0. The filename specifies the\n"
+"path within the SquashFS image and is normalized. If e.g. spaces at the\n"
+"beginning or end are needed, it can be enclosed in double quotes `\"`\n"
+"and back-slash can be used for escaping.\n"
+"\n"
+"The sorting algorithm is stable, so files with the same priority do not\n"
+"change place relative to each other in their initial ordering.\n"
+"\n"
+"Example:\n"
+"    # Specify a packing order with file globbing\n"
+"    -8000  [glob]          bin/*\n"
+"    -5000  [glob]          lib/*\n"
+"\n"
+"    # glob_no_path means * is allowed to match /\n"
+"    -1000  [glob_no_path]  share/*\n"
+"\n"
+"    # Our boot loader needs this\n"
+"    -100000  [dont_compress,dont_fragment,nosparse]  boot/vmlinuz\n"
+"\n"
+"    # For demonstration, a quoted filename and no flags\n"
+"    1337  \"usr/share/my \\\"special\\\" file  \"\n"
+"\n\n";
+
 void process_command_line(options_t *opt, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	bool have_compressor;
@@ -285,10 +323,14 @@ void process_command_line(options_t *opt, int argc, char **argv)
 			opt->selinux = optarg;
 			break;
 #endif
+		case 'S':
+			opt->sortfile = optarg;
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			printf(help_string,
 			       SQFS_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE, SQFS_DEVBLK_SIZE);
 			fputs(help_details, stdout);
+			fputs(sort_details, stdout);
 			compressor_print_available();
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 		case 'V':