Re: [PATCH v2 00/11] ntfsplus: ntfs filesystem remake

[Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM Winston Wen <wentao@uniontech.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:59:33 +0900
> Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Namjae,
Hello Winston,
>
> Thank you for posting this patchset. We are very interested in the
> development of ntfsplus.
>
> In our production environment, we have been relying on the out-of-tree
> ntfs-3g driver for NTFS read-write support. However, it comes with
> several limitations regarding performance and integration. While we
> have been closely monitoring the in-kernel ntfs3 driver, we feel that
> features like full journaling support and a robust fsck utility are
> critical for our use cases, and we have been waiting for these to
> mature.
>
> Given your proven track record with the exfat driver upstreaming and
> maintenance, we are confident in the quality and future of this
> ntfsplus initiative. We are hopeful that it will address the
> long-standing gaps we've observed.
>
> We are eagerly following the progress of ntfsplus. Once it reaches a
> stable and feature-complete state—especially with reliable journaling
> and fsck—we would seriously consider deploying it to replace ntfs-3g in
> our production systems.
fsck.ntfs is supported through ntfsprogs-plus, and we plan to continue
updating it. I believe that fsck.ntfs will partially cover the issues
caused by the lack of journaling. I don't know your usecase but I
don't have any major difficulties supporting NTFS on our products
using ntfsplus yet, even without journaling. And I plan to begin
implementing journaling support for ntfsplus early next year, and
welcome any feedback or collaboration from you. I'll make sure to CC
you when sending the journaling patches to the list.