Re: [PATCH] fs: NTFS read-write driver GPL implementation by Paragon Software.

From: David Sterba
Date: Fri Aug 14 2020 - 09:42:25 EST


On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 12:29:01PM +0000, Konstantin Komarov wrote:
> This patch adds NTFS Read-Write driver to fs/ntfs3.
>
> Having decades of expertise in commercial file systems development and huge
> test coverage, we at Paragon Software GmbH want to make our contribution to
> the Open Source Community by providing implementation of NTFS Read-Write
> driver for the Linux Kernel.
>
> This is fully functional NTFS Read-Write driver. Current version works with
> NTFS(including v3.1) normal/compressed/sparse files and supports journal replaying.
>
> We plan to support this version after the codebase once merged, and add new
> features and fix bugs. For example, full journaling support over JBD will be
> added in later updates.
>
> The patch is too big to handle it within an e-mail body, so it is available to download
> on our server: https://dl.paragon-software.com/ntfs3/ntfs3.patch
>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

In case somebody wants to compile it, this fixup is needed to let 'make
fs/ntfs3/' actually work, besides enabling it in the config.

diff --git a/fs/Makefile b/fs/Makefile
index 1c7b0e3f6daa..b0b4ad8affa0 100644
--- a/fs/Makefile
+++ b/fs/Makefile
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SYSV_FS) += sysv/
obj-$(CONFIG_CIFS) += cifs/
obj-$(CONFIG_HPFS_FS) += hpfs/
obj-$(CONFIG_NTFS_FS) += ntfs/
+obj-$(CONFIG_NTFS3_FS) += ntfs3/
obj-$(CONFIG_UFS_FS) += ufs/
obj-$(CONFIG_EFS_FS) += efs/
obj-$(CONFIG_JFFS2_FS) += jffs2/
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/Makefile b/fs/ntfs3/Makefile
index 4d4fe198b8b8..d99dd1af43aa 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/Makefile
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

obj-$(CONFIG_NTFS3_FS) += ntfs3.o

-ntfs3-objs := bitfunc.o bitmap.o inode.o fsntfs.o frecord.o \
+ntfs3-y := bitfunc.o bitmap.o inode.o fsntfs.o frecord.o \
index.o attrlist.o record.o attrib.o run.o xattr.o\
upcase.o super.o file.o dir.o namei.o lznt.o\
fslog.o
---