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    ovl: add support for "nfs_export" configuration · f168f109
    Amir Goldstein authored
    Introduce the "nfs_export" config, module and mount options.
    
    The NFS export feature depends on the "index" feature and enables two
    implicit overlayfs features: "index_all" and "verify_lower".
    The "index_all" feature creates an index on copy up of every file and
    directory. The "verify_lower" feature uses the full index to detect
    overlay filesystems inconsistencies on lookup, like redirect from
    multiple upper dirs to the same lower dir.
    
    NFS export can be enabled for non-upper mount with no index. However,
    because lower layer redirects cannot be verified with the index, enabling
    NFS export support on an overlay with no upper layer requires turning off
    redirect follow (e.g. "redirect_dir=nofollow").
    
    The full index may incur some overhead on mount time, especially when
    verifying that lower directory file handles are not stale.
    
    NFS export support, full index and consistency verification will be
    implemented by following patches.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAmir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMiklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
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