Unverified Commit bd6ae049 authored by Konstantin Komarov's avatar Konstantin Komarov
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fs/ntfs3: Add comments about cluster size



This commit adds additional info about CONFIG_NTFS3_64BIT_CLUSTER

Signed-off-by: default avatarKonstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com>
parent f76349cf
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@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int ni_repack(struct ntfs_inode *ni)
		}

		if (!mi_p) {
			/* Do not try if not enogh free space. */
			/* Do not try if not enough free space. */
			if (le32_to_cpu(mi->mrec->used) + 8 >= rs)
				continue;

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@@ -537,6 +537,10 @@ bool mi_resize_attr(struct mft_inode *mi, struct ATTRIB *attr, int bytes)
	return true;
}

/*
 * Pack runs in MFT record.
 * If failed record is not changed.
 */
int mi_pack_runs(struct mft_inode *mi, struct ATTRIB *attr,
		 struct runs_tree *run, CLST len)
{
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@@ -21,6 +21,30 @@
 * https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/file-permissions
 * It stores uid/gid/mode/dev in xattr
 *
 * ntfs allows up to 2^64 clusters per volume.
 * It means you should use 64 bits lcn to operate with ntfs.
 * Implementation of ntfs.sys uses only 32 bits lcn.
 * Default ntfs3 uses 32 bits lcn too.
 * ntfs3 built with CONFIG_NTFS3_64BIT_CLUSTER (ntfs3_64) uses 64 bits per lcn.
 *
 *
 *     ntfs limits, cluster size is 4K (2^12)
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * | Volume size   | Clusters | ntfs.sys | ntfs3  | ntfs3_64 | mkntfs | chkdsk |
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * | < 16T, 2^44   |  < 2^32  |  yes     |  yes   |   yes    |  yes   |  yes   |
 * | > 16T, 2^44   |  > 2^32  |  no      |  no    |   yes    |  yes   |  yes   |
 * ----------------------------------------------------------|------------------
 *
 * To mount large volumes as ntfs one should use large cluster size (up to 2M)
 * The maximum volume size in this case is 2^32 * 2^21 = 2^53 = 8P
 *
 *     ntfs limits, cluster size is 2M (2^31)
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * | < 8P, 2^54    |  < 2^32  |  yes     |  yes   |   yes    |  yes   |  yes   |
 * | > 8P, 2^54    |  > 2^32  |  no      |  no    |   yes    |  yes   |  yes   |
 * ----------------------------------------------------------|------------------
 *
 */

#include <linux/blkdev.h>