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config OVERLAY_FS
	tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
	select EXPORTFS
	help
	  An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem
	  and a 'lower' filesystem.  When a name exists in both filesystems, the
	  object in the 'upper' filesystem is visible while the object in the
	  'lower' filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories,
	  merged with the 'upper' object.

	  For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt

config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
	bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect dir feature by default"
	depends on OVERLAY_FS
	help
	  If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
	  redirects when renaming directories by default.  In this case it is
	  still possible to turn off redirects globally with the
	  "redirect_dir=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis
	  with the "redirect_dir=off" mount option.

	  Note, that redirects are not backward compatible.  That is, mounting
	  an overlay which has redirects on a kernel that doesn't support this
	  feature will have unexpected results.
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ef94b186	1	config OVERLAY_FS
e9be9d5e	2	tristate "Overlay filesystem support"
72d42504	3	select EXPORTFS
e9be9d5e MS	4	help
	5	An overlay filesystem combines two filesystems - an 'upper' filesystem
	6	and a 'lower' filesystem. When a name exists in both filesystems, the
	7	object in the 'upper' filesystem is visible while the object in the
	8	'lower' filesystem is either hidden or, in the case of directories,
	9	merged with the 'upper' object.
	10
	11	For more information see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
688ea0e5 MS	12
	13	config OVERLAY_FS_REDIRECT_DIR
	14	bool "Overlayfs: turn on redirect dir feature by default"
	15	depends on OVERLAY_FS
	16	help
	17	If this config option is enabled then overlay filesystems will use
	18	redirects when renaming directories by default. In this case it is
	19	still possible to turn off redirects globally with the
	20	"redirect_dir=off" module option or on a filesystem instance basis
	21	with the "redirect_dir=off" mount option.
	22
	23	Note, that redirects are not backward compatible. That is, mounting
	24	an overlay which has redirects on a kernel that doesn't support this
	25	feature will have unexpected results.