[PATCH 1/2] ntfs3: serve as alias for the legacy ntfs driver

Christian Brauner
2024-03-25T08:35:36Z

Johan Hovold reported that removing the legacy ntfs driver broke boot
for him since his fstab uses the legacy ntfs driver to access firmware
from the original Windows partition.

Use ntfs3 as an alias for legacy ntfs if CONFIG_NTFS_FS is selected.
This is similar to how ext3 is treated.

Fixes: 7ffa8f3d3023 ("fs: Remove NTFS classic")
Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/Zf2zPf5TO5oYt3I3@hovoldconsulting.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
---
Hey,

This is so far compile tested. It would be great if someone could test
this. @Johan?

Thanks!
Christian
---
fs/ntfs3/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
fs/ntfs3/super.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig b/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
index cdfdf51e55d7..7bc31d69f680 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/Kconfig
@@ -46,3 +46,12 @@ config NTFS3_FS_POSIX_ACL
NOTE: this is linux only feature. Windows will ignore these ACLs.

If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.
+
+config NTFS_FS
+ tristate "NTFS file system support"
+ select NTFS3_FS
+ select BUFFER_HEAD
+ select NLS
+ help
+ This config option is here only for backward compatibility. NTFS
+ filesystem is now handled by the NTFS3 driver.
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/super.c b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
index 9df7c20d066f..8d2e51bae2cb 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/super.c
@@ -1798,6 +1798,35 @@ static struct file_system_type ntfs_fs_type = {
.kill_sb = ntfs3_kill_sb,
.fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
};
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NTFS_FS)
+static struct file_system_type ntfs_legacy_fs_type = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .name = "ntfs",
+ .init_fs_context = ntfs_init_fs_context,
+ .parameters = ntfs_fs_parameters,
+ .kill_sb = ntfs3_kill_sb,
+ .fs_flags = FS_REQUIRES_DEV | FS_ALLOW_IDMAP,
+};
+MODULE_ALIAS_FS("ntfs");
+
+static inline void register_as_ntfs_legacy(void)
+{
+ int err = register_filesystem(&ntfs_legacy_fs_type);
+ if (err)
+ pr_warn("ntfs3: Failed to register legacy ntfs filesystem driver: %d\n", err);
+}
+
+static inline void unregister_as_ntfs_legacy(void)
+{
+ unregister_filesystem(&ntfs_legacy_fs_type);
+}
+#else
+static inline void register_as_ntfs_legacy(void) {}
+static inline void unregister_as_ntfs_legacy(void) {}
+#endif
+
+
// clang-format on

static int __init init_ntfs_fs(void)
@@ -1832,6 +1861,7 @@ static int __init init_ntfs_fs(void)
goto out1;
}

+ register_as_ntfs_legacy();
err = register_filesystem(&ntfs_fs_type);
if (err)
goto out;
@@ -1849,6 +1879,7 @@ static void __exit exit_ntfs_fs(void)
rcu_barrier();
kmem_cache_destroy(ntfs_inode_cachep);
unregister_filesystem(&ntfs_fs_type);
+ unregister_as_ntfs_legacy();
ntfs3_exit_bitmap();

#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
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