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| 25-Aug-2026 |
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> |
Merge tag 'ntfs-for-7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs
Pull ntfs updates from Namjae Jeon:
"This contains improvements to compression support, metadata handli
Merge tag 'ntfs-for-7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs
Pull ntfs updates from Namjae Jeon:
"This contains improvements to compression support, metadata handling,
error propagation, and filesystem robustness.
New feature:
- Add optional read support for Windows System Compression (WOF)
Add CONFIG_NTFS_FS_WOF_COMPRESSION and support reading
WOF-compressed files through the NTFS page-read path. This includes
parsing REPARSE_TAG_WOF, handling resident and non-resident WOF
metadata and compressed chunks, and adding kernel-side XPRESS
4K/8K/16K and LZX 32K decompressors. The codecs use a common
transparent compression interface shared with LZNT1.
WOF support is read-only and disabled unless explicitly enabled.
Other changes:
- Harden malformed filesystem handling and error paths.
Add bounds and consistency checks for mapping pairs, run lengths,
MFT locations, update-sequence offsets, non-resident attributes,
compressed attributes, index roots, and bitmap scans. Prevent
out-of-bounds accesses in decompression, MFT allocation, and index
conversion paths, clean up MFT mappings and attribute search
contexts on failure, and propagate attribute and inode
initialization errors correctly.
- Improve compressed-file I/O path.
Fix compressed writes on large-page and highmem systems, reuse
compression contexts and output workspaces, avoid unnecessary reads
for full-unit overwrites, and submit one bio per compressed write
unit. Write replacement data before publishing the new mapping,
correctly handle zero-filled compressed blocks, and fix
initialized-size and folio state updates after compressed writes.
- Synchronize resident reads with MFT record updates.
- Validate the final EA stream size before modifying existing data,
rewrite the stream safely when replacing entries, restore the
previous state when metadata updates fail, and remove the EA
attribute pair when the last entry is deleted.
- Apply Windows filename restrictions only when windows_names is
enabled.
- Allow index roots to relocate to extent MFT records when the base
record lacks sufficient space.
- Move non-resident attribute payload data before shrinking its
record.
- Correct resident-to-non-resident conversion when compression or
sparse flags are enabled.
- Prepare file allocation and initialized-size updates before
buffered or direct I/O submission, and use
pagecache_isize_extended() when extending the file size.
- Fix highmem and page/folio access in compressed I/O paths by using
the correct local mappings and page helpers.
- Apply per-file $LXMOD permissions instead of mount masks when
available, and prevent unprivileged writes to reserved $LX*
attributes
- Update the NTFS maintainer mailing list
- Small cleanups"
* tag 'ntfs-for-7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linkinjeon/ntfs: (52 commits)
ntfs: support resident WOF decompression
ntfs: add non-resident WOF decompression
ntfs: implement codec ops for LZX and XPRESS
ntfs: port lzx/xpress decompressors from ntfs-3g-system-compression
ntfs: return errors from inode initialization
ntfs: parse REPARSE_TAG_WOF
ntfs: return errors from ntfs_attr_readall
ntfs: add WOF compression config option
ntfs: define LZNT1 codec ops under transparent codec interface
ntfs: introduce transparent compression codec interface
ntfs: reject invalid empty mapping pairs
ntfs: fix resource leak in ntfs_new_attr_flags
ntfs: validate usa_ofs before preserving the update sequence number
ntfs: fix off-by-one page overflow in ntfs_decompress()
ntfs: do not update ctime when setxattr fails
ntfs: reject invalid MFT LCNs from boot sector
ntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock
ntfs: verify run length exceeding volume boundary
ntfs: allow index root relocation
ntfs: validate non-resident attribute offsets
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f39cd3f7 |
| 21-Aug-2026 |
Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com> |
ntfs: port lzx/xpress decompressors from ntfs-3g-system-compression
Port the LZX and XPRESS decompressors from the userspace
ntfs-3g-system-compression plugin (Eric Biggers,
https://github.com/ebigg
ntfs: port lzx/xpress decompressors from ntfs-3g-system-compression
Port the LZX and XPRESS decompressors from the userspace
ntfs-3g-system-compression plugin (Eric Biggers,
https://github.com/ebiggers/ntfs-3g-system-compression) into the in-tree
NTFS driver under lib/, and adapt them to the kernel environment.
The upstream plugin implements WOF ("Windows Overlay Filesystem", a.k.a.
system compression / "Compact OS") decompression for the NTFS-3G FUSE
driver, and itself borrows the LZX/XPRESS decompressors that the same
author wrote for wimlib (https://wimlib.net/). The XPRESS and LZX
formats used here are identical to those used in WIM archives. This
commit is the kernel-side port that lets fs/ntfs/wof.c read
system-compressed files.
The library keeps the upstream subtable-based Huffman decoder (root
table + contiguous subtables decoded with MAKE_DECODE_TABLE_ENTRY()), so
long codewords only need one extra lookup instead of bit-by-bit tree
traversal. The ntfs_codec_ops interface exported to fs/ntfs/wof.c
(ntfs_lzx32k_codec_ops and ntfs_xpress{4k,8k,16k}_codec_ops) matches
what the WOF layer expects.
Modifications made while porting from the upstream plugin:
- Replace the variable LZX window order (2^15..2^21) with a fixed
32768-byte window, which is the only size WOF uses
- Simplify the bitstream helper:
- bitstream_ensure_bits() now guarantees 16 valid bits instead of the
carried-over 17-bit refill path from wimlib. Neither LZX (max
codeword length 16) nor XPRESS (max 15) needs more than 16 bits.
- Refactor codes to satisfy checkpatch.
Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
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