Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2019-07-08

Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] Documentation/filesystems: add binderfs

From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date: 2019-01-15 00:24:04
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:40:59 +0100
Christian Brauner [off-list ref] wrote:
This documents the Android binderfs filesystem used to dynamically add and
remove binder devices that are private to each instance.

Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <redacted>
Two quick notes:
---
/* Changelog */
v1:
- switch from *.txt to *.rst format
---
 Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst
You didn't add it to index.rst, so it won't actually become part of the
docs build.
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74a744b42db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/binderfs.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+The Android binderfs Filesystem
+===============================
+
+Android binderfs is a filesystem for the Android binder IPC mechanism.  It
+allows to dynamically add and remove binder devices at runtime.  Binder devices
+located in a new binderfs instance are independent of binder devices located in
+other binderfs instances.  Mounting a new binderfs instance makes it possible
+to get a set of private binder devices.
+
+Mounting binderfs
+-----------------
+
+Android binderfs can be mounted with:
+
+::
This can be more readably formatted as:

	Android binderfs can be mounted with::

I've applied the patches, taking the liberty of fixing both of those
things up.  Thanks!

jon
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