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Amir Goldstein 9412812ef5 ovl: document copying layers restrictions with inodes index
The inodes index feature introduces a behavior change - on mount,
upper root origin file handle is verified to match the lower root dir.
This implies that copied layers cannot be mounted with the inodes index
feature enabled, without explicitly removing the upper dir origin xattr
and the index dir.

The inodes index feature is required to support:
- Prevent breaking hardlinks on copy up
- NFS export support (upcoming)
- Overlayfs snapshots (POC)

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
2017-07-04 22:03:19 +02:00
Documentation ovl: document copying layers restrictions with inodes index 2017-07-04 22:03:19 +02:00
arch UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
block UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto crypto : asymmetric_keys : verify_pefile:zero memory content before freeing 2017-06-09 13:29:50 +10:00
drivers UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs ovl: cleanup orphan index entries 2017-07-04 22:03:19 +02:00
include vfs: introduce inode 'inuse' lock 2017-07-04 22:03:16 +02:00
init Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-10 10:30:46 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
lib UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
mm UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
net igmp: add a missing spin_lock_init() 2017-06-20 15:51:57 -04:00
samples samples/bpf: run cleanup routines when receiving SIGTERM 2017-05-11 21:43:30 -04:00
scripts Kbuild fixes for v4.12 (2nd) 2017-06-24 16:18:00 -07:00
security UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
sound UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
tools UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
usr initramfs: fix disabling of initramfs (and its compression) 2017-06-02 15:07:37 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: Handle possible NULL stage2 pud when ageing pages 2017-06-06 15:28:40 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add hch to .get_maintainer.ignore 2015-08-21 14:30:10 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore kbuild: Add support to generate LLVM assembly files 2017-04-25 08:13:52 +09:00
.mailmap power supply and reset changes for the v4.12 series (part 2) 2017-05-12 12:02:21 -07:00
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CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild kbuild: Consolidate header generation from ASM offset information 2017-04-13 05:43:37 +09:00
Kconfig kbuild: migrate all arch to the kconfig mainmenu upgrade 2010-09-19 22:54:11 -04:00
MAINTAINERS UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-04 04:05:05 +02:00
Makefile Linux 4.12-rc7 2017-06-25 18:30:05 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

README

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.