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After installing a module in manager 0.8.0 the modules.img file becomes too large #1466

Closed adhammagdy closed 7 months ago

adhammagdy commented 7 months ago

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Describe the bug

When I install any module with kernelsu manager 0.8.0 or higher and reboot to twrp or orangefox recovery, the data size in data partition becomes messed up and is very large so impossible to take data backup.. after removing all modules or deleting modules.img the data size returns to normal.. this issue is not in manager 0.7.6 Also when I checked a file manager it showed that the modules.img file size is very large (in terabytes)

To Reproduce

Install kernelsu manager 0.8.0 or higher Install any module Reboot to recovery or system Check the modules.img file size

Expected behavior

The modules.img file size should fit the modules only

Screenshots

file-manager recovery-data-size-after-module recovery-data-size-before-module

Logs

KernelSU_bugreport-before-module.tar.gz KernelSU_bugreport-after-module.tar.gz

Device info

Additional context

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meiser79 commented 7 months ago

https://kernelsu.org/guide/faq.html#why-is-there-a-huge-1-tb-file

0.8.1: Fix various issues caused by sparse files. Installing one module (no more) and rebooting immediately will fix the slowness issue