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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-10-26 11:19:18 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-10-26 11:19:18 -0700 |
| commit | d1e14f1d63eb15ebe97d1a8544ddc143486b0204 (patch) | |
| tree | a73e7c751f23835483f1e8029d04547192611975 /fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | |
| parent | 2cc91884b6b3f7328680b8ea7563016d3aee3d19 (diff) | |
| parent | db6ec212b53abc29a5bb6ac8c810010fc28d5191 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs
Pull vfs updates from Al Viro:
"overlayfs merge + leak fix for d_splice_alias() failure exits"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
overlayfs: embed middle into overlay_readdir_data
overlayfs: embed root into overlay_readdir_data
overlayfs: make ovl_cache_entry->name an array instead of pointer
overlayfs: don't hold ->i_mutex over opening the real directory
fix inode leaks on d_splice_alias() failure exits
fs: limit filesystem stacking depth
overlay: overlay filesystem documentation
overlayfs: implement show_options
overlayfs: add statfs support
overlay filesystem
shmem: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
ext4: support RENAME_WHITEOUT
vfs: add RENAME_WHITEOUT
vfs: add whiteout support
vfs: export check_sticky()
vfs: introduce clone_private_mount()
vfs: export __inode_permission() to modules
vfs: export do_splice_direct() to modules
vfs: add i_op->dentry_open()
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/overlayfs/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e60125976873 --- /dev/null +++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +config OVERLAYFS_FS + tristate "Overlay filesystem support" + help + An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem + and a 'lower' filesystem. When a name exists in both filesystems, the + object in the 'upper' filesystem is visible while the object in the + 'lower' filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories, + merged with the 'upper' object. + + For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt |