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| author | Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com> | 2018-01-29 13:26:40 -0700 |
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| committer | Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com> | 2018-01-30 09:30:00 -0700 |
| commit | e7996a9a77fc669387da43ff4823b91cc4872bd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 617f0a128e222539d67e8cccc359f1bc4b984900 /Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt | |
| parent | b5fa635aab8f0d39a824c01991266a6d06f007fb (diff) | |
| parent | d8a5b80568a9cb66810e75b182018e9edb68e8ff (diff) | |
Merge tag v4.15 of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
To resolve conflicts in:
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c
drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c
From patches merged into the -rc cycle. The conflict resolution matches
what linux-next has been carrying.
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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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 --------------- |