[PATCH v2 2/2] fs/ntfs3: document windows_names mount option
From: Daniel Pinto
Date: Mon Oct 10 2022 - 07:16:45 EST
Add documentation for windows_names mount option.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Pinto <danielpinto52@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst
index d67ccd22c63b..cda8e0e010d4 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ntfs3.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ this table marked with no it means default is without **no**.
- Files with the Windows-specific SYSTEM (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM) attribute
will be marked as system immutable files.
+ * - windows_names
+ - Prevents the creation of files and directories with a name not allowed
+ by Windows, either because it contains some not allowed character (which
+ are the characters " * / : < > ? \\ | and those whose code is less than
+ 0x20), because the name (with or without extension) is a reserved file
+ name (CON, AUX, NUL, PRN, LPT1-9, COM1-9) or because the last character
+ is a space or a dot. Existing such files can still be read and renamed.
+
* - discard
- Enable support of the TRIM command for improved performance on delete
operations, which is recommended for use with the solid-state drives