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2Filesystems in the Linux kernel
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4
5This under-development manual will, some glorious day, provide
6comprehensive information on how the Linux virtual filesystem (VFS) layer
7works, along with the filesystems that sit below it.  For now, what we have
8can be found below.
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10Core VFS documentation
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12
13See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its
14algorithms work.
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16.. toctree::
17   :maxdepth: 2
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19   vfs
20   path-lookup
21   api-summary
22   splice
23   locking
24   directory-locking
25
26   porting
27
28Filesystem support layers
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30
31Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
32filesystem implementations.
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34.. toctree::
35   :maxdepth: 2
36
37   journalling
38   fscrypt
39   fsverity
40
41Filesystems
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43
44Documentation for filesystem implementations.
45
46.. toctree::
47   :maxdepth: 2
48
49   9p
50   adfs
51   affs
52   afs
53   autofs
54   autofs-mount-control
55   befs
56   bfs
57   btrfs
58   ceph
59   cramfs
60   debugfs
61   dlmfs
62   ecryptfs
63   efivarfs
64   erofs
65   ext2
66   ext3
67   f2fs
68   gfs2
69   gfs2-uevents
70   hfs
71   hfsplus
72   hpfs
73   fuse
74   inotify
75   isofs
76   nilfs2
77   nfs/index
78   ntfs
79   ocfs2
80   ocfs2-online-filecheck
81   omfs
82   orangefs
83   overlayfs
84   proc
85   qnx6
86   ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
87   relay
88   romfs
89   squashfs
90   sysfs
91   sysv-fs
92   tmpfs
93   ubifs
94   ubifs-authentication.rst
95   udf
96   virtiofs
97   vfat
98   zonefs
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