^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 1) # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 2) config NILFS2_FS
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 3) tristate "NILFS2 file system support"
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 4) select CRC32
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 5) help
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 6) NILFS2 is a log-structured file system (LFS) supporting continuous
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 7) snapshotting. In addition to versioning capability of the entire
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 8) file system, users can even restore files mistakenly overwritten or
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 9) destroyed just a few seconds ago. Since this file system can keep
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 10) consistency like conventional LFS, it achieves quick recovery after
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 11) system crashes.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 12)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 13) NILFS2 creates a number of checkpoints every few seconds or per
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 14) synchronous write basis (unless there is no change). Users can
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 15) select significant versions among continuously created checkpoints,
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 16) and can change them into snapshots which will be preserved for long
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 17) periods until they are changed back to checkpoints. Each
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 18) snapshot is mountable as a read-only file system concurrently with
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 19) its writable mount, and this feature is convenient for online backup.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 20)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 21) Some features including atime, extended attributes, and POSIX ACLs,
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 22) are not supported yet.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 23)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 24) To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here: the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 25) module will be called nilfs2. If unsure, say N.