Kernel cacheing of file attributes is usually not used by ntfs-3g,
because it has defects when dealing with hard linked files and directory
permission checks. Kernel cacheing is however possible when using
lowntfs-3g and not using Posix ACLs.
The fuse cache does not handle properly hard-linked files, so ntfs-3g
traditionally disables it by using a null time-out. With an upgrade of
the fuse kernel module on OpenIndiana, cacheing of non hard-linked files
is now possible, so use it.
Newer versions of Windows use more recent definitions of upper-case
table defined by the Unicode consortium. Now using the same table as
Windows 7, windows 8 and Windows 10. This only has an effect on file
systems newly created by mkntfs.
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.)
With the default mount options, compression of new files are now done
if the parent directory is marked for compression. The mount option
"compression" is not needed any more, but the option "nocompression"
can be used to disable compression of new files.
The default option also applies to applications using libntfs-3g with
no mount command.
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
jpandre