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+.. _filesystems_index:
+
+===============================
+Filesystems in the Linux kernel
+===============================
+
+This under-development manual will, some glorious day, provide
+comprehensive information on how the Linux virtual filesystem (VFS) layer
+works, along with the filesystems that sit below it. For now, what we have
+can be found below.
+
+Core VFS documentation
+======================
+
+See these manuals for documentation about the VFS layer itself and how its
+algorithms work.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ vfs
+ path-lookup
+ api-summary
+ splice
+ locking
+ directory-locking
+ devpts
+ dnotify
+ fiemap
+ files
+ locks
+ mount_api
+ quota
+ seq_file
+ sharedsubtree
+ idmappings
+
+ automount-support
+
+ caching/index
+
+ porting
+
+Filesystem support layers
+=========================
+
+Documentation for the support code within the filesystem layer for use in
+filesystem implementations.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ journalling
+ fscrypt
+ fsverity
+ netfs_library
+
+Filesystems
+===========
+
+Documentation for filesystem implementations.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ 9p
+ adfs
+ affs
+ afs
+ autofs
+ autofs-mount-control
+ befs
+ bfs
+ btrfs
+ ceph
+ coda
+ configfs
+ cramfs
+ dax
+ debugfs
+ dlmfs
+ ecryptfs
+ efivarfs
+ erofs
+ ext2
+ ext3
+ ext4/index
+ f2fs
+ gfs2
+ gfs2-uevents
+ gfs2-glocks
+ hfs
+ hfsplus
+ hpfs
+ fuse
+ fuse-io
+ inotify
+ isofs
+ nilfs2
+ nfs/index
+ ntfs
+ ntfs3
+ ocfs2
+ ocfs2-online-filecheck
+ omfs
+ orangefs
+ overlayfs
+ proc
+ qnx6
+ ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
+ relay
+ romfs
+ smb/index
+ spufs/index
+ squashfs
+ sysfs
+ sysv-fs
+ tmpfs
+ ubifs
+ ubifs-authentication
+ udf
+ virtiofs
+ vfat
+ xfs-delayed-logging-design
+ xfs-maintainer-entry-profile
+ xfs-self-describing-metadata
+ xfs-online-fsck-design
+ zonefs