David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | =============================== |
| 2 | Filesystems in the Linux kernel |
| 3 | =============================== |
Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 4 | |
David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 5 | This under-development manual will, some glorious day, provide |
| 6 | comprehensive information on how the Linux virtual filesystem (VFS) layer |
| 7 | works, along with the filesystems that sit below it. For now, what we have |
| 8 | can be found below. |
Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | |
David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 10 | Core VFS documentation |
Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | ====================== |
| 12 | |
David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 13 | See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its |
| 14 | algorithms work. |
Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | |
| 16 | .. toctree:: |
David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 17 | :maxdepth: 2 |
Andrew Scull | b4b6d4a | 2019-01-02 15:54:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | |
David Brazdil | 0f672f6 | 2019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 19 | vfs |
| 20 | path-lookup |
| 21 | api-summary |
| 22 | splice |
| 23 | locking |
| 24 | directory-locking |
| 25 | |
| 26 | porting |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Filesystem support layers |
| 29 | ========================= |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in |
| 32 | filesystem implementations. |
| 33 | |
| 34 | .. toctree:: |
| 35 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 36 | |
| 37 | journalling |
| 38 | fscrypt |
| 39 | fsverity |
| 40 | |
| 41 | Filesystems |
| 42 | =========== |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Documentation for filesystem implementations. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | .. toctree:: |
| 47 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 48 | |
| 49 | virtiofs |