libsparse: Add "hole" mode to sparse_file_read
This adds support for filesystem-level sparse files. These files have holes which are not stored in the filesystem and when read are full of zeros. While these zeros may be significant in some types of files, other types of files may not care about the contents of holes. For example, most filesystem creation tools write to all the blocks they care about. Those blocks not written to will remain holes, and can be safely represented by "don't care" chunks. Using "don't care" chunks instead of fill chunks can result in a substantial reduction of the time it takes to program a sparse image. To accomplish this, we extend the existing "sparse" boolean parameter to be an enum of mode types. This enum represents the strategy we take when reading in a file. For the most part the implementation is straightforward. We use lseek to determine where the holes in the file are, and then use do_sparse_file_read_normal to create chunks for the data section. Note that every file has an implicit hole at its end. Change-Id: I0cfbf08886fca9a91cb753ec8734c84fcbe52c9f
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