- In between ntfs_prepare/commit_write, need exclusion between
simultaneous file extensions. This is given to us by holding i_sem
on the inode. The only places in the kernel when a file is resized
- are prepare/commit write and truncate for both of which i_sem is
- held. Just have to be careful in readpage/writepage and all other
- helpers not running under i_sem that we play nice...
- Also need to be careful with initialized_size extention in
- ntfs_prepare_write. Basically, just be _very_ careful in this code...
- UPDATE: The only things that need to be checked are read/writepage
- which do not hold i_sem. Note writepage cannot change i_size but it
- needs to cope with a concurrent i_size change, just like readpage.
- Also both need to cope with concurrent changes to the other sizes,
- i.e. initialized/allocated/compressed size, as well.
+ are prepare/commit write and ntfs_truncate() for both of which i_sem
+ is held. Just have to be careful in read-/writepage and other helpers
+ not running under i_sem that we play nice... Also need to be careful
+ with initialized_size extention in ntfs_prepare_write and writepage.
+ UPDATE: The only things that need to be checked are
+ prepare/commit_write as well as the compressed write and the other
+ attribute resize/write cases like index attributes, etc. For now
+ none of these are implemented so are safe.
- Implement mft.c::sync_mft_mirror_umount(). We currently will just
leave the volume dirty on umount if the final iput(vol->mft_ino)
causes a write of any mirrored mft records due to the mft mirror
- Enable the code for setting the NT4 compatibility flag when we start
making NTFS 1.2 specific modifications.
+2.1.25-WIP
+
+ - Change ntfs_map_runlist_nolock(), ntfs_attr_find_vcn_nolock() and
+ {__,}ntfs_cluster_free() to also take an optional attribute search
+ context as argument. This allows calling these functions with the
+ mft record mapped. Update all callers.
+ - Fix potential deadlock in ntfs_mft_data_extend_allocation_nolock()
+ error handling by passing in the active search context when calling
+ ntfs_cluster_free().
+ - Change ntfs_cluster_alloc() to take an extra boolean parameter
+ specifying whether the cluster are being allocated to extend an
+ attribute or to fill a hole.
+ - Change ntfs_attr_make_non_resident() to call ntfs_cluster_alloc()
+ with @is_extension set to TRUE and remove the runlist terminator
+ fixup code as this is now done by ntfs_cluster_alloc().
+ - Change ntfs_attr_make_non_resident to take the attribute value size
+ as an extra parameter. This is needed since we need to know the size
+ before we can map the mft record and our callers always know it. The
+ reason we cannot simply read the size from the vfs inode i_size is
+ that this is not necessarily uptodate. This happens when
+ ntfs_attr_make_non_resident() is called in the ->truncate call path.
+ - Fix ntfs_attr_make_non_resident() to update the vfs inode i_blocks
+ which is zero for a resident attribute but should no longer be zero
+ once the attribute is non-resident as it then has real clusters
+ allocated.
+ - Add fs/ntfs/attrib.[hc]::ntfs_attr_extend_allocation(), a function to
+ extend the allocation of an attributes. Optionally, the data size,
+ but not the initialized size can be extended, too.
+ - Implement fs/ntfs/inode.[hc]::ntfs_truncate(). It only supports
+ uncompressed and unencrypted files.
+ - Enable ATTR_SIZE attribute changes in ntfs_setattr(). This completes
+ the initial implementation of file truncation. Now both open(2)ing
+ a file with the O_TRUNC flag and the {,f}truncate(2) system calls
+ will resize a file appropriately. The limitations are that only
+ uncompressed and unencrypted files are supported. Also, there is
+ only very limited support for highly fragmented files (the ones whose
+ $DATA attribute is split into multiple attribute extents).
+
2.1.24 - Lots of bug fixes and support more clean journal states.
- Support journals ($LogFile) which have been modified by chkdsk. This