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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs-authentication.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs-authentication.rst index 1f39c8cea702..106bb9c056f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs-authentication.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ubifs-authentication.rst @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -:orphan: - .. UBIFS Authentication .. sigma star gmbh .. 2018 +============================ +UBIFS Authentication Support +============================ + Introduction ============ @@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ marked as dirty are written to the flash to update the persisted index. Journal ~~~~~~~ -To avoid wearing out the flash, the index is only persisted (*commited*) when +To avoid wearing out the flash, the index is only persisted (*committed*) when certain conditions are met (eg. ``fsync(2)``). The journal is used to record any changes (in form of inode nodes, data nodes etc.) between commits of the index. During mount, the journal is read from the flash and replayed @@ -441,6 +443,6 @@ References [DM-VERITY] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/device-mapper/verity.rst -[FSCRYPT-POLICY2] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-ext4/msg58710.html +[FSCRYPT-POLICY2] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20171023214058.128121-1-ebiggers3@gmail.com/ [UBIFS-WP] http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubifs_whitepaper.pdf |