1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2 # Ext3 configs are here for backward compatibility with old configs which may
3 # have EXT3_FS set but not EXT4_FS set and thus would result in non-bootable
4 # kernels after the removal of ext3 driver.
6 tristate "The Extended 3 (ext3) filesystem"
9 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
10 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
12 config EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL
13 bool "Ext3 POSIX Access Control Lists"
15 select EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
18 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
19 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
21 config EXT3_FS_SECURITY
22 bool "Ext3 Security Labels"
24 select EXT4_FS_SECURITY
26 This config option is here only for backward compatibility. ext3
27 filesystem is now handled by the ext4 driver.
30 tristate "The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem"
36 select FS_ENCRYPTION_ALGS if FS_ENCRYPTION
38 This is the next generation of the ext3 filesystem.
40 Unlike the change from ext2 filesystem to ext3 filesystem,
41 the on-disk format of ext4 is not forwards compatible with
42 ext3; it is based on extent maps and it supports 48-bit
43 physical block numbers. The ext4 filesystem also supports delayed
44 allocation, persistent preallocation, high resolution time stamps,
45 and a number of other features to improve performance and speed
46 up fsck time. For more information, please see the web pages at
47 http://ext4.wiki.kernel.org.
49 The ext4 filesystem supports mounting an ext3 filesystem; while there
50 are some performance gains from the delayed allocation and inode
51 table readahead, the best performance gains require enabling ext4
52 features in the filesystem using tune2fs, or formatting a new
53 filesystem as an ext4 filesystem initially. Without explicit enabling
54 of ext4 features, the on disk filesystem format stays fully backward
57 To compile this file system support as a module, choose M here. The
58 module will be called ext4.
62 config EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT2
63 bool "Use ext4 for ext2 file systems"
68 Allow the ext4 file system driver code to be used for ext2
69 file system mounts. This allows users to reduce their
70 compiled kernel size by using one file system driver for
71 ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
73 config EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
74 bool "Ext4 POSIX Access Control Lists"
78 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support permissions for users and
79 groups beyond the owner/group/world scheme.
81 If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N
83 config EXT4_FS_SECURITY
84 bool "Ext4 Security Labels"
87 Security labels support alternative access control models
88 implemented by security modules like SELinux. This option
89 enables an extended attribute handler for file security
90 labels in the ext4 filesystem.
92 If you are not using a security module that requires using
93 extended attributes for file security labels, say N.
96 bool "Ext4 debugging support"
99 Enables run-time debugging support for the ext4 filesystem.
101 If you select Y here, then you will be able to turn on debugging
102 using dynamic debug control for mb_debug() / ext_debug() msgs.
104 config EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS
105 tristate "KUnit tests for ext4" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
106 depends on EXT4_FS && KUNIT
107 default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
109 This builds the ext4 KUnit tests.
111 KUnit tests run during boot and output the results to the debug log
112 in TAP format (https://testanything.org/). Only useful for kernel devs
113 running KUnit test harness and are not for inclusion into a production
116 For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general please refer
117 to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.