Re: [PATCH v6 05/16] ntfs: update super block operations

From: Namjae Jeon

Date: Tue Feb 03 2026 - 08:10:52 EST


On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 07:01:51AM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote:
> > This patch updates the super block operations to support the new mount
> > API, and enable full read-write support. It refactors the mount process
> > to use fs_context, implements synchronization and shutdown operations.
> >
> > Key changes include:
> > - Implements the new mount API by introducing context-based helpers
> > (ntfs_init_fs_context(), ntfs_get_tree(), ntfs_reconfigure()) and
> > migrating option parsing to fs_parser, supporting new options.
> > - Adds ntfs_sync_fs() and ntfs_shutdown() to super_operations.
> > - Updates ntfs_statfs() to provide statistics using atomic counters
> > for free clusters and MFT records.
> > - Introduces a background workqueue ntfs_wq for asynchronous free
> > cluster calculation (ntfs_calc_free_cluster()).
> > - Implements ntfs_write_volume_label() to allow changing the volume label.
>
> Suggested tweak to the commit message:
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> Update the super block operations to support the new fs_context-based
> mount API, full read-write support including ->sync_fs, and file system
> shutdown support.
>
> Update ntfs_statfs() to provide statistics using atomic counters for free
> clusters and MFT records.
>
> Introduce a background workqueue for asynchronous free cluster
> calculation (XXXXX: please add a sentence here why is is useful / needed)
>
> Implement ntfs_write_volume_label() to allow changing the volume label.
Okay, I will use it.
Thanks!
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> With that:
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> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>