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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-12-16 22:11:55 -0500 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-12-16 22:11:55 -0500 |
commit | c30abd5e40dd863f88e26be09b6ce949145a630a (patch) | |
tree | 5b25362084308502a336d8da26b8dc7430d7c812 /Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | |
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Three sets of overlapping changes, two in the packet scheduler
and one in the meson-gxl PHY driver.
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt index 8caa60734647..e6a5f4912b6d 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt @@ -156,6 +156,40 @@ handle it in two different ways: root of the overlay. Finally the directory is moved to the new location. +There are several ways to tune the "redirect_dir" feature. + +Kernel config options: + +- OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR: + If this is enabled, then redirect_dir is turned on by default. +- OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW: + If this is enabled, then redirects are always followed by default. Enabling + this results in a less secure configuration. Enable this option only when + worried about backward compatibility with kernels that have the redirect_dir + feature and follow redirects even if turned off. + +Module options (can also be changed through /sys/module/overlay/parameters/*): + +- "redirect_dir=BOOL": + See OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR kernel config option above. +- "redirect_always_follow=BOOL": + See OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW kernel config option above. +- "redirect_max=NUM": + The maximum number of bytes in an absolute redirect (default is 256). + +Mount options: + +- "redirect_dir=on": + Redirects are enabled. +- "redirect_dir=follow": + Redirects are not created, but followed. +- "redirect_dir=off": + Redirects are not created and only followed if "redirect_always_follow" + feature is enabled in the kernel/module config. +- "redirect_dir=nofollow": + Redirects are not created and not followed (equivalent to "redirect_dir=off" + if "redirect_always_follow" feature is not enabled). + Non-directories --------------- |