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