- Add a SPDX header;
- Adjust document and section titles;
- Mark literal blocks as such;
- Add table markups;
- Add it to filesystems/index.rst.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/index.rst | 1 +
.../{squashfs.txt => squashfs.rst} | 60 ++++++++++---------
2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
rename Documentation/filesystems/{squashfs.txt => squashfs.rst} (91%)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
index 3b26639517af..97a5f65ae509 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/index.rst
@@ -86,5 +86,6 @@ Documentation for filesystem implementations.
ramfs-rootfs-initramfs
relay
romfs
+ squashfs
virtiofs
vfat
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst
similarity index 91%
rename from Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
rename to Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst
index e5274f84dc56..df42106bae71 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/squashfs.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-SQUASHFS 4.0 FILESYSTEM
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=======================
+Squashfs 4.0 Filesystem
=======================
Squashfs is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux.
+
It uses zlib, lz4, lzo, or xz compression to compress files, inodes and
directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to
minimise data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a
@@ -15,31 +19,33 @@ needed.
Mailing list: squashfs-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web site: www.squashfs.org
-1. FILESYSTEM FEATURES
+1. Filesystem Features
----------------------
Squashfs filesystem features versus Cramfs:
+============================== ========= ==========
Squashfs Cramfs
-
-Max filesystem size: 2^64 256 MiB
-Max file size: ~ 2 TiB 16 MiB
-Max files: unlimited unlimited
-Max directories: unlimited unlimited
-Max entries per directory: unlimited unlimited
-Max block size: 1 MiB 4 KiB
-Metadata compression: yes no
-Directory indexes: yes no
-Sparse file support: yes no
-Tail-end packing (fragments): yes no
-Exportable (NFS etc.): yes no
-Hard link support: yes no
-"." and ".." in readdir: yes no
-Real inode numbers: yes no
-32-bit uids/gids: yes no
-File creation time: yes no
-Xattr support: yes no
-ACL support: no no
+============================== ========= ==========
+Max filesystem size 2^64 256 MiB
+Max file size ~ 2 TiB 16 MiB
+Max files unlimited unlimited
+Max directories unlimited unlimited
+Max entries per directory unlimited unlimited
+Max block size 1 MiB 4 KiB
+Metadata compression yes no
+Directory indexes yes no
+Sparse file support yes no
+Tail-end packing (fragments) yes no
+Exportable (NFS etc.) yes no
+Hard link support yes no
+"." and ".." in readdir yes no
+Real inode numbers yes no
+32-bit uids/gids yes no
+File creation time yes no
+Xattr support yes no
+ACL support no no
+============================== ========= ==========
Squashfs compresses data, inodes and directories. In addition, inode and
directory data are highly compacted, and packed on byte boundaries. Each
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ compressed inode is on average 8 bytes in length (the exact length varies on
file type, i.e. regular file, directory, symbolic link, and block/char device
inodes have different sizes).
-2. USING SQUASHFS
+2. Using Squashfs
-----------------
As squashfs is a read-only filesystem, the mksquashfs program must be used to
@@ -58,11 +64,11 @@ obtained from this site also.
The squashfs-tools development tree is now located on kernel.org
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/squashfs/squashfs-tools.git
-3. SQUASHFS FILESYSTEM DESIGN
+3. Squashfs Filesystem Design
-----------------------------
A squashfs filesystem consists of a maximum of nine parts, packed together on a
-byte alignment:
+byte alignment::
---------------
| superblock |
@@ -229,15 +235,15 @@ location of the xattr list inside each inode, a 32-bit xattr id
is stored. This xattr id is mapped into the location of the xattr
list using a second xattr id lookup table.
-4. TODOS AND OUTSTANDING ISSUES
+4. TODOs and Outstanding Issues
-------------------------------
-4.1 Todo list
+4.1 TODO list
-------------
Implement ACL support.
-4.2 Squashfs internal cache
+4.2 Squashfs Internal Cache
---------------------------
Blocks in Squashfs are compressed. To avoid repeatedly decompressing
--
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