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