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   idmappings
38
39   automount-support
40
41   caching/index
42
43   porting
44
45Filesystem support layers
46=========================
47
48Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
49filesystem implementations.
50
51.. toctree::
52   :maxdepth: 2
53
54   journalling
55   fscrypt
56   fsverity
57   netfs_library
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/index
77   ceph
78   coda
79   configfs
80   cramfs
81   dax
82   debugfs
83   dlmfs
84   ecryptfs
85   efivarfs
86   erofs
87   ext2
88   ext3
89   ext4/index
90   f2fs
91   gfs2
92   gfs2-uevents
93   gfs2-glocks
94   hfs
95   hfsplus
96   hpfs
97   fuse
98   fuse-io
99   inotify
100   isofs
101   nilfs2
102   nfs/index
103   ntfs
104   ntfs3
105   ocfs2
106   ocfs2-online-filecheck
107   omfs
108   orangefs
109   overlayfs
110   proc
111   qnx6
112   ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
113   relay
114   romfs
115   spufs/index
116   squashfs
117   sysfs
118   sysv-fs
119   tmpfs
120   ubifs
121   ubifs-authentication
122   udf
123   virtiofs
124   vfat
125   xfs-delayed-logging-design
126   xfs-self-describing-metadata
127   zonefs
128