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Linus Torvalds b04a23421b Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:

 - Report constant st_ino values across copy-up even if underlying
   layers are on different filesystems, but using different st_dev
   values for each layer.

   Ideally we'd report the same st_dev across the overlay, and it's
   possible to do for filesystems that use only 32bits for st_ino by
   unifying the inum space. It would be nice if it wasn't a choice of 32
   or 64, rather filesystems could report their current maximum (that
   could change on resize, so it wouldn't be set in stone).

 - miscellaneus fixes and a cleanup of ovl_fill_super(), that was long
   overdue.

 - created a path_put_init() helper that clears out the pointers after
   putting the ref.

   I think this could be useful elsewhere, so added it to <linux/path.h>

* 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: (30 commits)
  ovl: remove unneeded arg from ovl_verify_origin()
  ovl: Put upperdentry if ovl_check_origin() fails
  ovl: rename ufs to ofs
  ovl: clean up getting lower layers
  ovl: clean up workdir creation
  ovl: clean up getting upper layer
  ovl: move ovl_get_workdir() and ovl_get_lower_layers()
  ovl: reduce the number of arguments for ovl_workdir_create()
  ovl: change order of setup in ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: factor out ovl_free_fs() helper
  ovl: grab reference to workbasedir early
  ovl: split out ovl_get_indexdir() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_lower_layers() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_workdir() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_upper() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_lowerstack() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_workpath() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: split out ovl_get_upperpath() from ovl_fill_super()
  ovl: use path_put_init() in error paths for ovl_fill_super()
  vfs: add path_put_init()
  ...
2017-11-17 13:36:59 -08:00
Documentation Merge branch 'work.cramfs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 13:20:41 -08:00
arch File locking related changes for v4.15 2017-11-17 13:21:58 -08:00
block Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:08:18 -08:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2017-11-15 18:21:04 -08:00
drivers Merge branch 'work.get_user_pages_fast' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:38:51 -08:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2017-11-17 13:36:59 -08:00
include Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2017-11-17 13:36:59 -08:00
init Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-11-15 19:42:40 -08:00
ipc Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:54:01 -08:00
kernel Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 11:54:55 -08:00
lib Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:08:18 -08:00
mm libnvdimm for 4.15 2017-11-17 09:51:57 -08:00
net Merge branch 'work.get_user_pages_fast' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 12:38:51 -08:00
samples media updates for v4.15-rc1 2017-11-15 20:30:12 -08:00
scripts main drm pull request for v4.15 2017-11-15 20:42:10 -08:00
security Modules updates for v4.15 2017-11-15 13:46:33 -08:00
sound sound updates for 4.15-rc1 2017-11-14 18:01:46 -08:00
tools libnvdimm for 4.15 2017-11-17 09:51:57 -08:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-11-17 11:54:55 -08:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
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.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: move *.dtb and *.dtb.S patterns to the top-level .gitignore 2017-11-08 11:20:24 -06:00
.mailmap Add Jason Gunthorpe as co-maintainer of the RDMA stack 2017-11-17 09:36:18 -08:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
MAINTAINERS File locking related changes for v4.15 2017-11-17 13:21:58 -08:00
Makefile RISC-V Port for Linux 4.15 v9 2017-11-15 10:49:15 -08:00
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.