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Linus Torvalds b948abf53a Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs
Pull overlayfs update from Miklos Szeredi:
 "The biggest part of this is making st_dev/st_ino on the overlay behave
  like a normal filesystem (i.e. st_ino doesn't change on copy up,
  st_dev is the same for all files and directories). Currently this only
  works if all layers are on the same filesystem, but future work will
  move the general case towards more sane behavior.

  There are also miscellaneous fixes, including fixes to handling
  append-only files. There's a small change in the VFS, but that only
  has an effect on overlayfs, since otherwise file->f_path.dentry->inode
  and file_inode(file) are always the same"

* 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs:
  ovl: update documentation w.r.t. constant inode numbers
  ovl: persistent inode numbers for upper hardlinks
  ovl: merge getattr for dir and nondir
  ovl: constant st_ino/st_dev across copy up
  ovl: persistent inode number for directories
  ovl: set the ORIGIN type flag
  ovl: lookup non-dir copy-up-origin by file handle
  ovl: use an auxiliary var for overlay root entry
  ovl: store file handle of lower inode on copy up
  ovl: check if all layers are on the same fs
  ovl: do not set overlay.opaque on non-dir create
  ovl: check IS_APPEND() on real upper inode
  vfs: ftruncate check IS_APPEND() on real upper inode
  ovl: Use designated initializers
  ovl: lockdep annotate of nested stacked overlayfs inode lock
2017-05-10 09:03:48 -07:00
arch Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/sparc 2017-05-09 15:48:29 -07:00
block Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-06 11:25:08 -07:00
certs scripts/spelling.txt: add "intialise(d)" pattern and fix typo instances 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
crypto treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
Documentation Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2017-05-10 09:03:48 -07:00
drivers The two main items are support for disabling automatic rbd exclusive 2017-05-10 08:42:33 -07:00
firmware firmware/Makefile: force recompilation if makefile changes 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
fs Merge branch 'overlayfs-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs 2017-05-10 09:03:48 -07:00
include The two main items are support for disabling automatic rbd exclusive 2017-05-10 08:42:33 -07:00
init TTY/Serial patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-08 18:49:23 -07:00
ipc mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
kernel Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2017-05-09 15:42:31 -07:00
lib dmaengine updates for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-09 15:40:28 -07:00
mm Merge branch 'work.iov_iter' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:01:21 -07:00
net The two main items are support for disabling automatic rbd exclusive 2017-05-10 08:42:33 -07:00
samples char/misc patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-04 19:15:35 -07:00
scripts treewide: spelling: correct diffrent[iate] and banlance typos 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
security Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
sound alsa: use set_memory.h header 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
tools linux-kselftest-4.12-rc1 2017-05-08 20:43:30 -07:00
usr initramfs: provide a way to ignore image provided by bootloader 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
virt Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2017-05-08 18:17:56 -07:00
.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 Merge branch 'misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild 2016-08-02 16:48:52 -04:00
.mailmap Staging/IIO patches for 4.12-rc1 2017-05-05 18:16:23 -07:00
COPYING
CREDITS avr32: remove support for AVR32 architecture 2017-05-01 09:27:15 +02:00
Kbuild scripts/gdb: provide linux constants 2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS Merge branch 'for-linus-4.12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2017-05-10 08:33:17 -07:00
Makefile make help: add tools help target 2017-05-08 17:15:10 -07:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

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.