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David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +00003===============================
4Filesystems in the Linux kernel
5===============================
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +00006
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +00007This under-development manual will, some glorious day, provide
8comprehensive information on how the Linux virtual filesystem (VFS) layer
9works, along with the filesystems that sit below it. For now, what we have
10can be found below.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000011
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000012Core VFS documentation
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000013======================
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David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000015See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its
16algorithms work.
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000017
18.. toctree::
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000019 :maxdepth: 2
Andrew Scullb4b6d4a2019-01-02 15:54:55 +000020
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000021 vfs
22 path-lookup
23 api-summary
24 splice
25 locking
26 directory-locking
Olivier Deprez157378f2022-04-04 15:47:50 +020027 devpts
28 dnotify
29 fiemap
30 files
31 locks
32 mandatory-locking
33 mount_api
34 quota
35 seq_file
36 sharedsubtree
37
38 automount-support
39
40 caching/index
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +000041
42 porting
43
44Filesystem support layers
45=========================
46
47Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
48filesystem implementations.
49
50.. toctree::
51 :maxdepth: 2
52
53 journalling
54 fscrypt
55 fsverity
56
57Filesystems
58===========
59
60Documentation for filesystem implementations.
61
62.. toctree::
63 :maxdepth: 2
64
Olivier Deprez157378f2022-04-04 15:47:50 +020065 9p
66 adfs
67 affs
68 afs
69 autofs
70 autofs-mount-control
71 befs
72 bfs
73 btrfs
74 cifs/cifsroot
75 ceph
76 coda
77 configfs
78 cramfs
79 debugfs
80 dlmfs
81 ecryptfs
82 efivarfs
83 erofs
84 ext2
85 ext3
86 f2fs
87 gfs2
88 gfs2-uevents
89 gfs2-glocks
90 hfs
91 hfsplus
92 hpfs
93 fuse
94 fuse-io
95 inotify
96 isofs
97 nilfs2
98 nfs/index
99 ntfs
100 ocfs2
101 ocfs2-online-filecheck
102 omfs
103 orangefs
104 overlayfs
105 proc
106 qnx6
107 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
108 relay
109 romfs
110 spufs/index
111 squashfs
112 sysfs
113 sysv-fs
114 tmpfs
115 ubifs
116 ubifs-authentication.rst
117 udf
David Brazdil0f672f62019-12-10 10:32:29 +0000118 virtiofs
Olivier Deprez157378f2022-04-04 15:47:50 +0200119 vfat
120 xfs-delayed-logging-design
121 xfs-self-describing-metadata
122 zonefs