[PATCH 2/2] ntfs: support the nodump flag
From: Baolin Liu
Date: Tue Sep 01 2026 - 05:44:06 EST
From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add FS_NODUMP_FL to the flags fileattr_set accepts, so that chattr +d
works, and report it back from both fileattr_get and ntfs_getattr(), the
latter as STATX_ATTR_NODUMP.
The flag is advisory: it only tells backup tools such as dump(8) to skip
the file, so the driver merely has to remember it. NTFS has no on-disk
attribute for it, so it is kept in a new ntfs_inode field and lives for
the lifetime of the mount. ntfs3 does the same.
Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs/file.c | 11 +++++++++--
fs/ntfs/inode.c | 1 +
fs/ntfs/inode.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index b7a0fb2d8229..2ff1d2c74343 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ int ntfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
if (vi->i_flags & S_APPEND)
flags |= FS_APPEND_FL;
+ if (ni->nodump)
+ flags |= FS_NODUMP_FL;
fileattr_fill_flags(fa, flags);
return 0;
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ int ntfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
if (fileattr_has_fsx(fa))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (fa->flags & ~(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | FS_APPEND_FL))
+ if (fa->flags & ~(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | FS_APPEND_FL | FS_NODUMP_FL))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (fa->flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
@@ -183,6 +185,7 @@ int ntfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
new_fl |= S_APPEND;
inode_set_flags(vi, new_fl, S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND);
+ NTFS_I(vi)->nodump = fa->flags & FS_NODUMP_FL;
inode_set_ctime_current(vi);
mark_inode_dirty(vi);
@@ -445,8 +448,12 @@ int ntfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
if (inode->i_flags & S_APPEND)
stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_APPEND;
+ if (ni->nodump)
+ stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_NODUMP;
+
stat->attributes_mask |= STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED | STATX_ATTR_ENCRYPTED |
- STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE | STATX_ATTR_APPEND;
+ STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE | STATX_ATTR_APPEND |
+ STATX_ATTR_NODUMP;
/*
* If it's a compressed or encrypted file, NTFS currently
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.c b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
index 5aedc045f65a..5520df707162 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.c
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ void __ntfs_init_inode(struct super_block *sb, struct ntfs_inode *ni)
ni->reparse_tag = 0;
ni->reparse_flags = 0;
ni->target = NULL;
+ ni->nodump = 0;
ni->i_dealloc_clusters = 0;
}
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/inode.h b/fs/ntfs/inode.h
index ff61bd402df0..bc24dcf0b49f 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/inode.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/inode.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ struct ntfs_inode {
__le32 reparse_tag;
__le32 reparse_flags;
char *target;
+ bool nodump;
};
/*
--
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