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Linus Torvalds d9a185f8b4 overlayfs update for 4.19
This contains two new features:
 
  1) Stack file operations: this allows removal of several hacks from the
     VFS, proper interaction of read-only open files with copy-up,
     possibility to implement fs modifying ioctls properly, and others.
 
  2) Metadata only copy-up: when file is on lower layer and only metadata is
     modified (except size) then only copy up the metadata and continue to
     use the data from the lower file.
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Merge tag 'ovl-update-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs

Pull overlayfs updates from Miklos Szeredi:
 "This contains two new features:

   - Stack file operations: this allows removal of several hacks from
     the VFS, proper interaction of read-only open files with copy-up,
     possibility to implement fs modifying ioctls properly, and others.

   - Metadata only copy-up: when file is on lower layer and only
     metadata is modified (except size) then only copy up the metadata
     and continue to use the data from the lower file"

* tag 'ovl-update-4.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs: (66 commits)
  ovl: Enable metadata only feature
  ovl: Do not do metacopy only for ioctl modifying file attr
  ovl: Do not do metadata only copy-up for truncate operation
  ovl: add helper to force data copy-up
  ovl: Check redirect on index as well
  ovl: Set redirect on upper inode when it is linked
  ovl: Set redirect on metacopy files upon rename
  ovl: Do not set dentry type ORIGIN for broken hardlinks
  ovl: Add an inode flag OVL_CONST_INO
  ovl: Treat metacopy dentries as type OVL_PATH_MERGE
  ovl: Check redirects for metacopy files
  ovl: Move some dir related ovl_lookup_single() code in else block
  ovl: Do not expose metacopy only dentry from d_real()
  ovl: Open file with data except for the case of fsync
  ovl: Add helper ovl_inode_realdata()
  ovl: Store lower data inode in ovl_inode
  ovl: Fix ovl_getattr() to get number of blocks from lower
  ovl: Add helper ovl_dentry_lowerdata() to get lower data dentry
  ovl: Copy up meta inode data from lowest data inode
  ovl: Modify ovl_lookup() and friends to lookup metacopy dentry
  ...
2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
arch Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-08-21 13:47:29 -07:00
block for-4.19/block-20180812 2018-08-14 10:23:25 -07:00
certs Replace magic for trusting the secondary keyring with #define 2018-08-16 09:57:20 -07:00
crypto DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
Documentation overlayfs update for 4.19 2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
drivers power supply and reset changes for the v4.19 series 2018-08-21 18:06:27 -07:00
firmware kbuild: remove all dummy assignments to obj- 2017-11-18 11:46:06 +09:00
fs overlayfs update for 4.19 2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
include overlayfs update for 4.19 2018-08-21 18:19:09 -07:00
init Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-08-21 13:47:29 -07:00
ipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2018-08-15 15:04:25 -07:00
kernel Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-08-21 13:47:29 -07:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-08-19 11:51:45 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add Linux-OpenIB license text 2018-04-27 16:41:53 -06:00
mm Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-08-21 13:47:29 -07:00
net The main things are support for cephx v2 authentication protocol and 2018-08-20 18:26:55 -07:00
samples samples/bpf: all XDP samples should unload xdp/bpf prog on SIGTERM 2018-08-16 21:55:32 +02:00
scripts Updates for v4.19: 2018-08-20 18:32:00 -07:00
security Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2018-08-15 22:54:12 -07:00
sound DMAengine updates for v4.19-rc1 2018-08-18 15:55:59 -07:00
tools linux-kselftest-4.19-rc1 2018-08-20 19:02:17 -07:00
usr kbuild: rename built-in.o to built-in.a 2018-03-26 02:01:19 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'siginfo-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2018-08-21 13:47:29 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Set IndentWrappedFunctionNames false 2018-08-01 18:38:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set git diff driver for C source code files 2016-10-07 18:46:30 -07:00
.gitignore Kbuild updates for v4.17 (2nd) 2018-04-15 17:21:30 -07:00
.mailmap Merge branch 'linus/master' into rdma.git for-next 2018-08-16 14:21:29 -06:00
COPYING COPYING: use the new text with points to the license files 2018-03-23 12:41:45 -06:00
CREDITS 9p: remove Ron Minnich from MAINTAINERS 2018-08-17 16:20:26 -07:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v4.15 2017-11-17 17:45:29 -08:00
Kconfig kconfig: move the "Executable file formats" menu to fs/Kconfig.binfmt 2018-08-02 08:06:55 +09:00
MAINTAINERS power supply and reset changes for the v4.19 series 2018-08-21 18:06:27 -07:00
Makefile Updates for v4.19: 2018-08-20 18:32:00 -07:00
README Docs: Added a pointer to the formatted docs to README 2018-03-21 09:02:53 -06:00

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

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

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.