Re: [GIT PULL] ntfs3: changes for 7.0

[Cedric Blancher]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 at 20:07, Konstantin Komarov
<almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Regards,
> Konstantin
>
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> The following changes since commit 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8:
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>   Linux 6.19-rc1 (2025-12-14 16:05:07 +1200)
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> are available in the Git repository at:
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>   https://github.com/Paragon-Software-Group/linux-ntfs3.git tags/ntfs3_for_7.0
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 10d7c95af043b45a85dc738c3271bf760ff3577e:
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>   fs/ntfs3: add delayed-allocation (delalloc) support (2026-02-16 17:23:51 +0100)
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> Changes for 7.0-rc1
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> Added:
>         improve readahead for bitmap initialization and large directory scans
>         fsync files by syncing parent inodes
>         drop of preallocated clusters for sparse and compressed files
>         zero-fill folios beyond i_valid in ntfs_read_folio()
>         implement llseek SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE by scanning data runs

Thank you for the sparse file support in NTFS3!

Ced
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