1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 config XFS_FS 2 config XFS_FS
3 tristate "XFS filesystem support" 3 tristate "XFS filesystem support"
4 depends on BLOCK 4 depends on BLOCK
5 select EXPORTFS 5 select EXPORTFS
6 select LIBCRC32C 6 select LIBCRC32C
7 select FS_IOMAP 7 select FS_IOMAP
8 help 8 help
9 XFS is a high performance journaling 9 XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
10 on the SGI IRIX platform. It is com 10 on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
11 support large files and large filesy 11 support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
12 variable block sizes, is extent base 12 variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
13 Btrees (directories, extents, free s 13 Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
14 and scalability. 14 and scalability.
15 15
16 Refer to the documentation at <http: 16 Refer to the documentation at <http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/>
17 for complete details. This implemen 17 for complete details. This implementation is on-disk compatible
18 with the IRIX version of XFS. 18 with the IRIX version of XFS.
19 19
20 To compile this file system support 20 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
21 module will be called xfs. Be aware 21 module will be called xfs. Be aware, however, that if the file
22 system of your root partition is com 22 system of your root partition is compiled as a module, you'll need
23 to use an initial ramdisk (initrd) t 23 to use an initial ramdisk (initrd) to boot.
24 24
25 config XFS_SUPPORT_V4 25 config XFS_SUPPORT_V4
26 bool "Support deprecated V4 (crc=0) fo 26 bool "Support deprecated V4 (crc=0) format"
27 depends on XFS_FS 27 depends on XFS_FS
28 default y 28 default y
29 help 29 help
30 The V4 filesystem format lacks certa 30 The V4 filesystem format lacks certain features that are supported
31 by the V5 format, such as metadata c 31 by the V5 format, such as metadata checksumming, strengthened
32 metadata verification, and the abili 32 metadata verification, and the ability to store timestamps past the
33 year 2038. Because of this, the V4 33 year 2038. Because of this, the V4 format is deprecated. All users
34 should upgrade by backing up their f 34 should upgrade by backing up their files, reformatting, and restoring
35 from the backup. 35 from the backup.
36 36
37 Administrators and users can detect 37 Administrators and users can detect a V4 filesystem by running
38 xfs_info against a filesystem mountp 38 xfs_info against a filesystem mountpoint and checking for a string
39 beginning with "crc=". If the strin 39 beginning with "crc=". If the string "crc=0" is found, the
40 filesystem is a V4 filesystem. If n 40 filesystem is a V4 filesystem. If no such string is found, please
41 upgrade xfsprogs to the latest versi 41 upgrade xfsprogs to the latest version and try again.
42 42
43 This option will become default N in 43 This option will become default N in September 2025. Support for the
44 V4 format will be removed entirely i 44 V4 format will be removed entirely in September 2030. Distributors
45 can say N here to withdraw support e 45 can say N here to withdraw support earlier.
46 46
47 To continue supporting the old V4 fo 47 To continue supporting the old V4 format (crc=0), say Y.
48 To close off an attack surface, say 48 To close off an attack surface, say N.
49 49
50 config XFS_SUPPORT_ASCII_CI 50 config XFS_SUPPORT_ASCII_CI
51 bool "Support deprecated case-insensit 51 bool "Support deprecated case-insensitive ascii (ascii-ci=1) format"
52 depends on XFS_FS 52 depends on XFS_FS
53 default y 53 default y
54 help 54 help
55 The ASCII case insensitivity filesys 55 The ASCII case insensitivity filesystem feature only works correctly
56 on systems that have been coerced in 56 on systems that have been coerced into using ISO 8859-1, and it does
57 not work on extended attributes. Th 57 not work on extended attributes. The kernel has no visibility into
58 the locale settings in userspace, so 58 the locale settings in userspace, so it corrupts UTF-8 names.
59 Enabling this feature makes XFS vuln 59 Enabling this feature makes XFS vulnerable to mixed case sensitivity
60 attacks. Because of this, the featu 60 attacks. Because of this, the feature is deprecated. All users
61 should upgrade by backing up their f 61 should upgrade by backing up their files, reformatting, and restoring
62 from the backup. 62 from the backup.
63 63
64 Administrators and users can detect 64 Administrators and users can detect such a filesystem by running
65 xfs_info against a filesystem mountp 65 xfs_info against a filesystem mountpoint and checking for a string
66 beginning with "ascii-ci=". If the 66 beginning with "ascii-ci=". If the string "ascii-ci=1" is found, the
67 filesystem is a case-insensitive fil 67 filesystem is a case-insensitive filesystem. If no such string is
68 found, please upgrade xfsprogs to th 68 found, please upgrade xfsprogs to the latest version and try again.
69 69
70 This option will become default N in 70 This option will become default N in September 2025. Support for the
71 feature will be removed entirely in 71 feature will be removed entirely in September 2030. Distributors
72 can say N here to withdraw support e 72 can say N here to withdraw support earlier.
73 73
74 To continue supporting case-insensit 74 To continue supporting case-insensitivity (ascii-ci=1), say Y.
75 To close off an attack surface, say 75 To close off an attack surface, say N.
76 76
77 config XFS_QUOTA 77 config XFS_QUOTA
78 bool "XFS Quota support" 78 bool "XFS Quota support"
79 depends on XFS_FS 79 depends on XFS_FS
80 select QUOTACTL 80 select QUOTACTL
81 help 81 help
82 If you say Y here, you will be able 82 If you say Y here, you will be able to set limits for disk usage on
83 a per user and/or a per group basis 83 a per user and/or a per group basis under XFS. XFS considers quota
84 information as filesystem metadata a 84 information as filesystem metadata and uses journaling to provide a
85 higher level guarantee of consistenc 85 higher level guarantee of consistency. The on-disk data format for
86 quota is also compatible with the IR 86 quota is also compatible with the IRIX version of XFS, allowing a
87 filesystem to be migrated between Li 87 filesystem to be migrated between Linux and IRIX without any need
88 for conversion. 88 for conversion.
89 89
90 If unsure, say N. More comprehensiv 90 If unsure, say N. More comprehensive documentation can be found in
91 README.quota in the xfsprogs package 91 README.quota in the xfsprogs package. XFS quota can be used either
92 with or without the generic quota su 92 with or without the generic quota support enabled (CONFIG_QUOTA) -
93 they are completely independent subs 93 they are completely independent subsystems.
94 94
95 config XFS_POSIX_ACL 95 config XFS_POSIX_ACL
96 bool "XFS POSIX ACL support" 96 bool "XFS POSIX ACL support"
97 depends on XFS_FS 97 depends on XFS_FS
98 select FS_POSIX_ACL 98 select FS_POSIX_ACL
99 help 99 help
100 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) su 100 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
101 groups beyond the owner/group/world 101 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
102 102
103 If you don't know what Access Contro 103 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
104 104
105 config XFS_RT 105 config XFS_RT
106 bool "XFS Realtime subvolume support" 106 bool "XFS Realtime subvolume support"
107 depends on XFS_FS 107 depends on XFS_FS
108 help 108 help
109 If you say Y here you will be able t 109 If you say Y here you will be able to mount and use XFS filesystems
110 which contain a realtime subvolume. 110 which contain a realtime subvolume. The realtime subvolume is a
111 separate area of disk space where on 111 separate area of disk space where only file data is stored. It was
112 originally designed to provide deter 112 originally designed to provide deterministic data rates suitable
113 for media streaming applications, bu 113 for media streaming applications, but is also useful as a generic
114 mechanism for ensuring data and meta 114 mechanism for ensuring data and metadata/log I/Os are completely
115 separated. Regular file I/Os are is 115 separated. Regular file I/Os are isolated to a separate device
116 from all other requests, and this ca 116 from all other requests, and this can be done quite transparently
117 to applications via the inherit-real 117 to applications via the inherit-realtime directory inode flag.
118 118
119 See the xfs man page in section 5 fo 119 See the xfs man page in section 5 for additional information.
120 120
121 If unsure, say N. 121 If unsure, say N.
122 122
123 config XFS_DRAIN_INTENTS 123 config XFS_DRAIN_INTENTS
124 bool 124 bool
125 select JUMP_LABEL if HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LA 125 select JUMP_LABEL if HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL
126 126
127 config XFS_LIVE_HOOKS <<
128 bool <<
129 select JUMP_LABEL if HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LA <<
130 <<
131 config XFS_MEMORY_BUFS <<
132 bool <<
133 <<
134 config XFS_BTREE_IN_MEM <<
135 bool <<
136 <<
137 config XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB 127 config XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB
138 bool "XFS online metadata check suppor 128 bool "XFS online metadata check support"
139 default n 129 default n
140 depends on XFS_FS 130 depends on XFS_FS
141 depends on TMPFS && SHMEM 131 depends on TMPFS && SHMEM
142 select XFS_LIVE_HOOKS <<
143 select XFS_DRAIN_INTENTS 132 select XFS_DRAIN_INTENTS
144 select XFS_MEMORY_BUFS <<
145 help 133 help
146 If you say Y here you will be able t 134 If you say Y here you will be able to check metadata on a
147 mounted XFS filesystem. This featur 135 mounted XFS filesystem. This feature is intended to reduce
148 filesystem downtime by supplementing 136 filesystem downtime by supplementing xfs_repair. The key
149 advantage here is to look for proble 137 advantage here is to look for problems proactively so that
150 they can be dealt with in a controll 138 they can be dealt with in a controlled manner.
151 139
152 This feature is considered EXPERIMEN 140 This feature is considered EXPERIMENTAL. Use with caution!
153 141
154 See the xfs_scrub man page in sectio 142 See the xfs_scrub man page in section 8 for additional information.
155 143
156 If unsure, say N. 144 If unsure, say N.
157 145
158 config XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB_STATS 146 config XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB_STATS
159 bool "XFS online metadata check usage 147 bool "XFS online metadata check usage data collection"
160 default y 148 default y
161 depends on XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB 149 depends on XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB
162 select DEBUG_FS 150 select DEBUG_FS
163 help 151 help
164 If you say Y here, the kernel will g 152 If you say Y here, the kernel will gather usage data about
165 the online metadata check subsystem. 153 the online metadata check subsystem. This includes the number
166 of invocations, the outcomes, and th 154 of invocations, the outcomes, and the results of repairs, if any.
167 This may slow down scrub slightly du 155 This may slow down scrub slightly due to the use of high precision
168 timers and the need to merge per-inv 156 timers and the need to merge per-invocation information into the
169 filesystem counters. 157 filesystem counters.
170 158
171 Usage data are collected in /sys/ker 159 Usage data are collected in /sys/kernel/debug/xfs/scrub.
172 160
173 If unsure, say N. 161 If unsure, say N.
174 162
175 config XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR 163 config XFS_ONLINE_REPAIR
176 bool "XFS online metadata repair suppo 164 bool "XFS online metadata repair support"
177 default n 165 default n
178 depends on XFS_FS && XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB 166 depends on XFS_FS && XFS_ONLINE_SCRUB
179 select XFS_BTREE_IN_MEM <<
180 help 167 help
181 If you say Y here you will be able t 168 If you say Y here you will be able to repair metadata on a
182 mounted XFS filesystem. This featur 169 mounted XFS filesystem. This feature is intended to reduce
183 filesystem downtime by fixing minor 170 filesystem downtime by fixing minor problems before they cause the
184 filesystem to go down. However, it 171 filesystem to go down. However, it requires that the filesystem be
185 formatted with secondary metadata, s 172 formatted with secondary metadata, such as reverse mappings and inode
186 parent pointers. 173 parent pointers.
187 174
188 This feature is considered EXPERIMEN 175 This feature is considered EXPERIMENTAL. Use with caution!
189 176
190 See the xfs_scrub man page in sectio 177 See the xfs_scrub man page in section 8 for additional information.
191 178
192 If unsure, say N. 179 If unsure, say N.
193 180
194 config XFS_WARN 181 config XFS_WARN
195 bool "XFS Verbose Warnings" 182 bool "XFS Verbose Warnings"
196 depends on XFS_FS && !XFS_DEBUG 183 depends on XFS_FS && !XFS_DEBUG
197 help 184 help
198 Say Y here to get an XFS build with 185 Say Y here to get an XFS build with many additional warnings.
199 It converts ASSERT checks to WARN, s 186 It converts ASSERT checks to WARN, so will log any out-of-bounds
200 conditions that occur that would oth 187 conditions that occur that would otherwise be missed. It is much
201 lighter weight than XFS_DEBUG and do 188 lighter weight than XFS_DEBUG and does not modify algorithms and will
202 not cause the kernel to panic on non 189 not cause the kernel to panic on non-fatal errors.
203 190
204 However, similar to XFS_DEBUG, it is 191 However, similar to XFS_DEBUG, it is only advisable to use this if you
205 are debugging a particular problem. 192 are debugging a particular problem.
206 193
207 config XFS_DEBUG 194 config XFS_DEBUG
208 bool "XFS Debugging support" 195 bool "XFS Debugging support"
209 depends on XFS_FS 196 depends on XFS_FS
210 help 197 help
211 Say Y here to get an XFS build with 198 Say Y here to get an XFS build with many debugging features,
212 including ASSERT checks, function wr 199 including ASSERT checks, function wrappers around macros,
213 and extra sanity-checking functions 200 and extra sanity-checking functions in various code paths.
214 201
215 Note that the resulting code will be 202 Note that the resulting code will be HUGE and SLOW, and probably
216 not useful unless you are debugging <<
217 <<
218 Say N unless you are an XFS develope <<
219 <<
220 config XFS_DEBUG_EXPENSIVE <<
221 bool "XFS expensive debugging checks" <<
222 depends on XFS_FS && XFS_DEBUG <<
223 help <<
224 Say Y here to get an XFS build with <<
225 enabled. These checks may affect pe <<
226 <<
227 Note that the resulting code will be <<
228 not useful unless you are debugging 203 not useful unless you are debugging a particular problem.
229 204
230 Say N unless you are an XFS develope 205 Say N unless you are an XFS developer, or you play one on TV.
231 206
232 config XFS_ASSERT_FATAL 207 config XFS_ASSERT_FATAL
233 bool "XFS fatal asserts" 208 bool "XFS fatal asserts"
234 default y 209 default y
235 depends on XFS_FS && XFS_DEBUG 210 depends on XFS_FS && XFS_DEBUG
236 help 211 help
237 Set the default DEBUG mode ASSERT fa 212 Set the default DEBUG mode ASSERT failure behavior.
238 213
239 Say Y here to cause DEBUG mode ASSER 214 Say Y here to cause DEBUG mode ASSERT failures to result in fatal
240 errors that BUG() the kernel by defa 215 errors that BUG() the kernel by default. If you say N, ASSERT failures
241 result in warnings. 216 result in warnings.
242 217
243 This behavior can be modified at run 218 This behavior can be modified at runtime via sysfs.
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