Re: [PATCH 1/2] ntfs: apply Windows name checks only with windows_names
Hyunchul Lee <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:49:28 +0900
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2026=EB=85=84 7=EC=9B=94 25=EC=9D=BC (=ED=86=A0) =EC=98=A4=EC=A0=84 12:49, = Namjae Jeon <[email protected]>=EB=8B=98=EC=9D=B4 =EC=9E=91=EC=84=B1: > > The windows_names mount option is documented to reject names containing > characters forbidden by Windows. However, ntfs_check_bad_windows_name() > unconditionally rejects those characters before checking the mount option= . > > Move the character validation after the option check so a default NTFS > mount accepts POSIX names such as names containing ':'. Mounts using > windows_names retain the existing Windows-compatible validation, includin= g > reserved device names and trailing spaces or dots. > > Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <[email protected]> Looks good to me. Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <[email protected]> > --- > fs/ntfs/namei.c | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ntfs/namei.c b/fs/ntfs/namei.c > index cd403b1d99ee..aee7aabaf059 100644 > --- a/fs/ntfs/namei.c > +++ b/fs/ntfs/namei.c > @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ static int ntfs_check_bad_windows_name(struct ntfs_vo= lume *vol, > const __le16 *wc, > unsigned int wc_len) > { > - if (ntfs_check_bad_char(wc, wc_len)) > - return -EINVAL; > - > if (!NVolCheckWindowsNames(vol)) > return 0; > > + if (ntfs_check_bad_char(wc, wc_len)) > + return -EINVAL; > + > /* Check for trailing space or dot. */ > if (wc_len > 0 && > (wc[wc_len - 1] =3D=3D cpu_to_le16(' ') || > -- > 2.25.1 > --=20 Thanks, Hyunchul