static int mount_device(const char *what, const char *where, const char *directory, bool rw) {
#ifdef HAVE_BLKID
_cleanup_blkid_free_probe_ blkid_probe b = NULL;
- const char *fstype, *p;
+ const char *fstype, *p, *options;
int r;
assert(what);
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
- return mount_verbose(LOG_ERR, what, p, fstype, MS_NODEV|(rw ? 0 : MS_RDONLY), NULL);
+ /* If this is a loopback device then let's mount the image with discard, so that the underlying file remains
+ * sparse when possible. */
+ if (STR_IN_SET(fstype, "btrfs", "ext4", "vfat", "xfs")) {
+ const char *l;
+
+ l = path_startswith(what, "/dev");
+ if (l && startswith(l, "loop"))
+ options = "discard";
+ }
+
+ return mount_verbose(LOG_ERR, what, p, fstype, MS_NODEV|(rw ? 0 : MS_RDONLY), options);
#else
log_error("--image= is not supported, compiled without blkid support.");
return -EOPNOTSUPP;