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 37 iomap/index
38 38
39 automount-support 39 automount-support
40 40
41 caching/index 41 caching/index
42 42
43 porting 43 porting
44 44
45 Filesystem support layers 45 Filesystem support layers
46 ========================= 46 =========================
47 47
48 Documentation for the support code within the 48 Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
49 filesystem implementations. 49 filesystem implementations.
50 50
51 .. toctree:: 51 .. toctree::
52 :maxdepth: 2 52 :maxdepth: 2
53 53
54 buffer 54 buffer
55 journalling 55 journalling
56 fscrypt 56 fscrypt
57 fsverity 57 fsverity
58 netfs_library 58 netfs_library
59 59
60 Filesystems 60 Filesystems
61 =========== 61 ===========
62 62
63 Documentation for filesystem implementations. 63 Documentation for filesystem implementations.
64 64
65 .. toctree:: 65 .. toctree::
66 :maxdepth: 2 66 :maxdepth: 2
67 67
68 9p 68 9p
69 adfs 69 adfs
70 affs 70 affs
71 afs 71 afs
72 autofs 72 autofs
73 autofs-mount-control 73 autofs-mount-control
74 bcachefs/index 74 bcachefs/index
75 befs 75 befs
76 bfs 76 bfs
77 btrfs 77 btrfs
78 ceph 78 ceph
79 coda 79 coda
80 configfs 80 configfs
81 cramfs 81 cramfs
82 dax 82 dax
83 debugfs 83 debugfs
84 dlmfs 84 dlmfs
85 ecryptfs 85 ecryptfs
86 efivarfs 86 efivarfs
87 erofs 87 erofs
88 ext2 88 ext2
89 ext3 89 ext3
90 ext4/index 90 ext4/index
91 f2fs 91 f2fs
92 gfs2 92 gfs2
93 gfs2-uevents 93 gfs2-uevents
94 gfs2-glocks 94 gfs2-glocks
95 hfs 95 hfs
96 hfsplus 96 hfsplus
97 hpfs 97 hpfs
98 fuse 98 fuse
99 fuse-io 99 fuse-io
100 inotify 100 inotify
101 isofs 101 isofs
102 nilfs2 102 nilfs2
103 nfs/index 103 nfs/index
104 ntfs3 104 ntfs3
105 ocfs2 105 ocfs2
106 ocfs2-online-filecheck 106 ocfs2-online-filecheck
107 omfs 107 omfs
108 orangefs 108 orangefs
109 overlayfs 109 overlayfs
110 proc 110 proc
111 qnx6 111 qnx6
112 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs 112 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
113 relay 113 relay
114 romfs 114 romfs
115 smb/index 115 smb/index
116 spufs/index 116 spufs/index
117 squashfs 117 squashfs
118 sysfs 118 sysfs
119 sysv-fs 119 sysv-fs
120 tmpfs 120 tmpfs
121 ubifs 121 ubifs
122 ubifs-authentication 122 ubifs-authentication
123 udf 123 udf
124 virtiofs 124 virtiofs
125 vfat 125 vfat
126 xfs/index 126 xfs/index
127 zonefs 127 zonefs
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