Optionally record the special files (symlinks, fifos, sockets, character
and block devices) using reparse points instead of using Interix representation.
Doing so, the special files are interoperable with Windows Subsystem for
linux (WSL).
When the mount option "posix_nlink" is used, the number of links
returned by stat complies with Posix : the legacy 8.3 names are not
taken into account, and the subdirectories are taken into account
for directories. This causes some overhead for recomputing the
number of links.
As similar reparse tags are being used for accessing OneDrive files
and directories, a similar policy has to be used for accessing them.
Until giving full access to OneDrive files with a local copy is
mature enough to have it processed internally, it is safer to have
it delegated to an external plugin. This reverts [4f450a]
When the bit 28 of a reparse tag is set on a directory, the reparse
information should be ignored and the directory should be accessed
the usual way (this setting is new to Windows 10). In such a situation
access to the directory through an internal plugin rather than through
an external one.
The same policy applies to REPARSE_TAG_WCI which had been defined
earlier without the bit 28 being set.
When the ntfs image is unclean, usually because it was not unmounted
properly from Windows, mounting read-write is denied and falls back
to read-only. Log this situation in the syslog, so that users mounting
through /etc/fstab can more easily know what is going on. Also remove
the "rw" option if it was stated.
User extended attributes should only be set on files and directories,
not on symlinks, sockets, devices, etc. For safety they are also
forbidden on metadata files, but should be allowed on the root
directory. For files based on reparse points, requests are made
to the plugin to determine the type.
The new "system compression" files used by Windows 10 make use of reparse
points to record the compression parameters, and a specific named data
stream is used to store the compressed data. With this patch, processing
of reparse points can be done by an external plugin only loaded as needed.
Junctions and symlinks, which are also based on reparse points, are now
processed by "internal plugins".
This field is always assigned a signed value, and compared to other
signed values (ntfs_time values are signed little-endian 32-bit
integers).
This fixes two compiler warnings about signed/unsigned comparison.
The option delay_mtime avoid updating the mtime of a file after each
individual updating. With this patch, the frequency of the update can
be adjusted to needs (default 60s). This is mainly useful for big files
which are kept open for a long period (file system images, virtual
computers, etc.)
This patch avoid updating the time stamps whenever a file is modified,
by delaying the time stamps updating until the file is closed.
This is mostly useful when the ntfs file system hosts another loop-monted
file system to avoid frequent updates of the time stamps in the outer
file system.
For some reason, when the monted device is "/dev/mapper/*", a record
in the form "/dev/dm-*" ends up in /etc/mtab and the device cannot be
unmounted.
The reason is unclear, the /dev/mapper name is not a symlink, and the
function doing the name change is not known. No detailed feedback from
the users having met the issue.
The patch changes the name back to the /dev/mapper name after realpath()
is called, and, if there is an actual change, both the name passed to
ntfs-3g and the one passed to fuse and mount are logged in the hope
of getting a clue about what is happening.
But ntfs-3g is probably not the right place for a fix.
Jean-Pierre André
Jean-Pierre André
Erik Larsson