1 .. _filesystems_index: 1 .. _filesystems_index:
2 2
3 =============================== 3 ===============================
4 Filesystems in the Linux kernel 4 Filesystems in the Linux kernel
5 =============================== 5 ===============================
6 6
7 This under-development manual will, some glori 7 This under-development manual will, some glorious day, provide
8 comprehensive information on how the Linux vir 8 comprehensive information on how the Linux virtual filesystem (VFS) layer
9 works, along with the filesystems that sit bel 9 works, along with the filesystems that sit below it. For now, what we have
10 can be found below. 10 can be found below.
11 11
12 Core VFS documentation 12 Core VFS documentation
13 ====================== 13 ======================
14 14
15 See these manuals for documentation about the 15 See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its
16 algorithms work. 16 algorithms work.
17 17
18 .. toctree:: 18 .. toctree::
19 :maxdepth: 2 19 :maxdepth: 2
20 20
21 vfs 21 vfs
22 path-lookup 22 path-lookup
23 api-summary 23 api-summary
24 splice 24 splice
25 locking 25 locking
26 directory-locking 26 directory-locking
27 devpts 27 devpts
28 dnotify 28 dnotify
29 fiemap 29 fiemap
30 files 30 files
31 locks 31 locks
32 mount_api 32 mount_api
33 quota 33 quota
34 seq_file 34 seq_file
35 sharedsubtree 35 sharedsubtree
36 idmappings 36 idmappings
37 iomap/index <<
38 37
39 automount-support 38 automount-support
40 39
41 caching/index 40 caching/index
42 41
43 porting 42 porting
44 43
45 Filesystem support layers 44 Filesystem support layers
46 ========================= 45 =========================
47 46
48 Documentation for the support code within the 47 Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
49 filesystem implementations. 48 filesystem implementations.
50 49
51 .. toctree:: 50 .. toctree::
52 :maxdepth: 2 51 :maxdepth: 2
53 52
54 buffer <<
55 journalling 53 journalling
56 fscrypt 54 fscrypt
57 fsverity 55 fsverity
58 netfs_library 56 netfs_library
59 57
60 Filesystems 58 Filesystems
61 =========== 59 ===========
62 60
63 Documentation for filesystem implementations. 61 Documentation for filesystem implementations.
64 62
65 .. toctree:: 63 .. toctree::
66 :maxdepth: 2 64 :maxdepth: 2
67 65
68 9p 66 9p
69 adfs 67 adfs
70 affs 68 affs
71 afs 69 afs
72 autofs 70 autofs
73 autofs-mount-control 71 autofs-mount-control
74 bcachefs/index <<
75 befs 72 befs
76 bfs 73 bfs
77 btrfs 74 btrfs
>> 75 cifs/index
78 ceph 76 ceph
79 coda 77 coda
80 configfs 78 configfs
81 cramfs 79 cramfs
82 dax 80 dax
83 debugfs 81 debugfs
84 dlmfs 82 dlmfs
85 ecryptfs 83 ecryptfs
86 efivarfs 84 efivarfs
87 erofs 85 erofs
88 ext2 86 ext2
89 ext3 87 ext3
90 ext4/index 88 ext4/index
91 f2fs 89 f2fs
92 gfs2 90 gfs2
93 gfs2-uevents 91 gfs2-uevents
94 gfs2-glocks 92 gfs2-glocks
95 hfs 93 hfs
96 hfsplus 94 hfsplus
97 hpfs 95 hpfs
98 fuse 96 fuse
99 fuse-io 97 fuse-io
100 inotify 98 inotify
101 isofs 99 isofs
102 nilfs2 100 nilfs2
103 nfs/index 101 nfs/index
>> 102 ntfs
104 ntfs3 103 ntfs3
105 ocfs2 104 ocfs2
106 ocfs2-online-filecheck 105 ocfs2-online-filecheck
107 omfs 106 omfs
108 orangefs 107 orangefs
109 overlayfs 108 overlayfs
110 proc 109 proc
111 qnx6 110 qnx6
112 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs 111 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
113 relay 112 relay
114 romfs 113 romfs
115 smb/index <<
116 spufs/index 114 spufs/index
117 squashfs 115 squashfs
118 sysfs 116 sysfs
119 sysv-fs 117 sysv-fs
120 tmpfs 118 tmpfs
121 ubifs 119 ubifs
122 ubifs-authentication 120 ubifs-authentication
123 udf 121 udf
124 virtiofs 122 virtiofs
125 vfat 123 vfat
126 xfs/index !! 124 xfs-delayed-logging-design
>> 125 xfs-self-describing-metadata
127 zonefs 126 zonefs
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