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config OVERLAY_FS
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tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
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select EXPORTFS
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help
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An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem
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and a 'lower' filesystem. When a name exists in both filesystems, the
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object in the 'upper' filesystem is visible while the object in the
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'lower' filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories,
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merged with the 'upper' object.
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For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
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config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
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bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect dir feature by default"
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depends on OVERLAY_FS
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help
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If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
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redirects when renaming directories by default. In this case it is
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still possible to turn off redirects globally with the
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"redirect_dir=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis
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with the "redirect_dir=off" mount option.
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Note, that redirects are not backward compatible. That is, mounting
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an overlay which has redirects on a kernel that doesn't support this
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feature will have unexpected results.
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config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW
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bool "Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off"
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default y
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depends on OVERLAY_FS
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help
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Disable this to get a possibly more secure configuration, but that
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might not be backward compatible with previous kernels.
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For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
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config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX
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bool "Overlayfs: turn on inodes index feature by default"
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depends on OVERLAY_FS
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help
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If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
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the inodes index dir to map lower inodes to upper inodes by default.
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In this case it is still possible to turn off index globally with the
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"index=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis with the
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"index=off" mount option.
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The inodes index feature prevents breaking of lower hardlinks on copy
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up.
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Note, that the inodes index feature is read-only backward compatible.
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That is, mounting an overlay which has an index dir on a kernel that
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doesn't support this feature read-only, will not have any negative
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outcomes. However, mounting the same overlay with an old kernel
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read-write and then mounting it again with a new kernel, will have
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unexpected results.
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