Diving into SDCardFS: How Google's FUSE Replacement Will Reduce I/O Overhead

An in-depth exploration into SDCardFS, Google's replacement for FUSE, and how its implementation will reduce I/O overhead.

By  Mishaal Rahman Jan 17, 2017

Several months ago, Google added something called “SDCardFS” to the official AOSP branches for the Linux kernel. At the time, the move was noticed only by some kernel developers, but otherwise flew under the radar of most users. No surprise there considering the fact that most users, including myself, do not really know what goes on under the hood of the Android OS and its kernel.