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The legacy behavior of ovl_statfs() reports the f_fsid filled by underlying upper fs. This fsid is not unique among overlayfs instances on the same upper fs. With mount option uuid=on, generate a non-persistent uuid per overlayfs instance and use it as the seed for f_fsid, similar to tmpfs. This is useful for reporting fanotify events with fid info from different instances of overlayfs over the same upper fs. The old behavior of null uuid and upper fs fsid is retained with the mount option uuid=null, which is the default. The mount option uuid=off that disables uuid checks in underlying layers also retains the legacy behavior. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Linux kernel
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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.
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.