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   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
127