blob: e7b46dac70791efebdb114d512f2fd495f8df051 [file] [log] [blame]
Wang Wenhu9d4ca8c2020-03-16 04:01:31 -07001.. _filesystems_index:
2
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -07003===============================
4Filesystems in the Linux kernel
5===============================
Mauro Carvalho Chehab90f9f112017-05-12 06:50:22 -03006
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -07007This 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.
Mauro Carvalho Chehab90f9f112017-05-12 06:50:22 -030011
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -070012Core VFS documentation
Mauro Carvalho Chehab90f9f112017-05-12 06:50:22 -030013======================
14
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -070015See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its
16algorithms work.
NeilBrown7bbfd9a2018-12-05 10:02:51 +110017
18.. toctree::
19 :maxdepth: 2
20
Tobin C. Hardingaf96c1e32019-05-15 10:29:13 +100021 vfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab7c116d22019-06-26 10:35:11 -030022 path-lookup
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -070023 api-summary
24 splice
Mauro Carvalho Chehabec23eb52019-07-26 09:51:27 -030025 locking
26 directory-locking
Christian Brauner35283f52019-01-11 14:40:59 +010027
Mauro Carvalho Chehab25b532c2019-07-26 09:51:28 -030028 porting
29
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -070030Filesystem support layers
31=========================
32
33Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
34filesystem implementations.
Christian Brauner35283f52019-01-11 14:40:59 +010035
36.. toctree::
Jonathan Corbet40641742019-02-20 15:29:36 -070037 :maxdepth: 2
38
39 journalling
40 fscrypt
Eric Biggers6ff2deb2019-07-22 09:26:20 -070041 fsverity
Stefan Hajnoczi2d1d25d2019-08-29 14:41:04 +010042
43Filesystems
44===========
45
46Documentation for filesystem implementations.
47
48.. toctree::
49 :maxdepth: 2
50
Mauro Carvalho Chehab07d241f2020-02-17 17:11:47 +010051 9p
Mauro Carvalho Chehab34873902020-02-17 17:11:48 +010052 adfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab762721682020-02-17 17:11:49 +010053 affs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabca6e9042020-02-17 17:11:50 +010054 afs
Jaskaran Singhf11f2a32019-11-17 22:54:34 +053055 autofs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc64d3dc2020-02-17 17:11:51 +010056 autofs-mount-control
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc54ad9a2020-02-17 17:11:52 +010057 befs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabee68f342020-02-17 17:11:53 +010058 bfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab5d43e1b2020-02-17 17:11:54 +010059 btrfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab471379a2020-02-17 17:11:55 +010060 ceph
Mauro Carvalho Chehabf1fa0e62020-02-17 17:11:56 +010061 cramfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab57443782020-02-17 17:11:57 +010062 debugfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab14a19fa2020-02-17 17:11:58 +010063 dlmfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabb02a17c2020-02-17 17:11:59 +010064 ecryptfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab06dedb42020-02-17 17:12:00 +010065 efivarfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabe66d8632020-02-17 17:12:01 +010066 erofs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab6e29ad22020-02-17 17:12:02 +010067 ext2
Mauro Carvalho Chehab7dc62402020-02-17 17:12:03 +010068 ext3
Mauro Carvalho Chehab89272ca2020-02-17 17:12:04 +010069 f2fs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab720c2fc2020-02-17 17:12:05 +010070 gfs2
Mauro Carvalho Chehab5b7ac272020-02-17 17:12:06 +010071 gfs2-uevents
Mauro Carvalho Chehab5040a0a2020-02-17 17:12:08 +010072 hfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabcdded7d2020-02-17 17:12:07 +010073 hfsplus
Mauro Carvalho Chehaba1ef4bc2020-02-17 17:12:09 +010074 hpfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab2640c192020-02-17 17:12:12 +010075 fuse
Mauro Carvalho Chehabde389cf2020-02-17 17:12:10 +010076 inotify
Mauro Carvalho Chehab76f21682020-02-17 17:12:11 +010077 isofs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab2640c192020-02-17 17:12:12 +010078 nilfs2
Mauro Carvalho Chehab461f2c82020-02-17 17:12:13 +010079 nfs/index
80 ntfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabfa95e082020-02-17 17:12:15 +010081 ocfs2
Mauro Carvalho Chehab3d0c60d2020-02-17 17:12:14 +010082 ocfs2-online-filecheck
Mauro Carvalho Chehab7cbb4682020-02-17 17:12:16 +010083 omfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab18ccb222020-02-17 17:12:17 +010084 orangefs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab77ce1a42020-01-28 07:41:01 +010085 overlayfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc33e97e2020-02-17 17:12:18 +010086 proc
Mauro Carvalho Chehabd5eefa22020-02-17 17:12:19 +010087 qnx6
Mauro Carvalho Chehab8979fc92020-02-17 17:12:20 +010088 ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab56e6d5c2020-02-17 17:12:21 +010089 relay
Mauro Carvalho Chehab6db0a482020-02-17 17:12:22 +010090 romfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab31771f42020-02-17 17:12:23 +010091 squashfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab86beb972020-02-17 17:12:24 +010092 sysfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab826a6132020-02-17 17:12:25 +010093 sysv-fs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab7e7cd452020-02-17 17:12:26 +010094 tmpfs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab38e56b42020-02-17 17:12:28 +010095 ubifs
Mauro Carvalho Chehab688f1182020-02-17 17:12:27 +010096 ubifs-authentication.rst
Mauro Carvalho Chehabc9817ad2020-02-17 17:12:29 +010097 udf
Stefan Hajnoczi2d1d25d2019-08-29 14:41:04 +010098 virtiofs
Daniel W. S. Almeidaa1986432019-12-22 22:00:30 -030099 vfat
Mauro Carvalho Chehab9a610812020-02-17 17:12:30 +0100100 zonefs