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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. _virtiofs_index:
+
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virtiofs: virtio-fs host<->guest shared file system
===================================================
@@ -37,6 +39,20 @@ Mount file system with tag ``myfs`` on ``/mnt``:
Please see https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/ for details on how to configure QEMU
and the virtiofsd daemon.
+Mount options
+-------------
+
+virtiofs supports general VFS mount options, for example, remount,
+ro, rw, context, etc. It also supports FUSE mount options.
+
+atime behavior
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The atime-related mount options, for example, noatime, strictatime,
+are ignored. The atime behavior for virtiofs is the same as the
+underlying filesystem of the directory that has been exported
+on the host.
+
Internals
=========
Since the virtio-fs device uses the FUSE protocol for file system requests, the