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| author | Miklos Szeredi | 2018-03-07 11:47:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Miklos Szeredi | 2018-03-07 11:47:15 +0100 |
| commit | 36cd95dfa1ed76b59e2dcaafaa89c5479cec32b5 (patch) | |
| tree | fde0dc62af01fa1357cf42caf11d601bd671b1a5 /fs/overlayfs | |
| parent | d1fe96c0e4de78ba0cd336ea3df3b850d06b9b9a (diff) | |
ovl: update Kconfig texts
Add some hints about overlayfs kernel config options.
Enabling NFS export by default is especially recommended against, as it
incurs a performance penalty even if the filesystem is not actually
exported.
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/overlayfs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/overlayfs/Kconfig | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig index 406e72de88f6..ce6ff5a0a6e4 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig +++ b/fs/overlayfs/Kconfig @@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR an overlay which has redirects on a kernel that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results. + If unsure, say N. + config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW bool "Overlayfs: follow redirects even if redirects are turned off" default y @@ -32,8 +34,13 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_ALWAYS_FOLLOW Disable this to get a possibly more secure configuration, but that might not be backward compatible with previous kernels. + If backward compatibility is not an issue, then it is safe and + recommended to say N here. + For more information, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt + If unsure, say Y. + config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX bool "Overlayfs: turn on inodes index feature by default" depends on OVERLAY_FS @@ -51,6 +58,8 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_INDEX That is, mounting an overlay which has an inodes index on a kernel that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results. + If unsure, say N. + config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT bool "Overlayfs: turn on NFS export feature by default" depends on OVERLAY_FS @@ -72,3 +81,8 @@ config OVERLAY_FS_NFS_EXPORT Note, that the NFS export feature is not backward compatible. That is, mounting an overlay which has a full index on a kernel that doesn't support this feature will have unexpected results. + + Most users should say N here and enable this feature on a case-by- + case basis with the "nfs_export=on" mount option. + + Say N unless you fully understand the consequences. |