Re: [PATCH RESEND] fs/ntfs3: fix mount failure on 64K page-size kernels

Konstantin Komarov <[email protected]> Thu, 28 May 2026 15:50:11 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.ntfs3,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 5/19/26 21:42, Jamie Nguyen wrote:

> On 64K page-size kernels, mounting NTFS volumes smaller than ~650 MB
> fails with EINVAL. The issue is in log_replay(): the initial log page
> size probe uses PAGE_SIZE (65536) instead of DefaultLogPageSize (4096)
> when PAGE_SIZE exceeds DefaultLogPageSize * 2.
>
> This makes norm_file_page() require the $LogFile to be at least
> 50 * 65536 = 3.2 MB, but mkfs.ntfs creates a $LogFile of only ~1.5 MB
> for a typical 300 MB volume. norm_file_page() returns 0 and the mount
> is rejected with EINVAL.
>
> On 4K kernels the #if guard evaluates to true, so use_default=true is
> passed and DefaultLogPageSize (4096) is used, requiring only ~200 KB.
> This path works fine.
>
> Fix this by always passing use_default=true, which forces the initial
> probe to use DefaultLogPageSize regardless of the kernel's PAGE_SIZE.
> This is safe because, after reading the on-disk restart area, log_replay()
> already re-adjusts log->page_size to match the volume's actual
> sys_page_size.
>
> Also fix read_log_page() to pass log->page_size instead of PAGE_SIZE to
> ntfs_fix_post_read(), matching the actual buffer size.
>
> Fixes: b46acd6a6a62 ("fs/ntfs3: Add NTFS journal")
> Signed-off-by: Jamie Nguyen <[email protected]>
> Tested-by: Matthew R. Ochs <[email protected]>
> ---
>   fs/ntfs3/fslog.c | 6 +-----
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> index 38934e6978ec..4a6cfa3441d9 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
> @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static int read_log_page(struct ntfs_log *log, u32 vbo,
>                  goto out;
>
>          if (page_buf->rhdr.sign != NTFS_FFFF_SIGNATURE)
> -               ntfs_fix_post_read(&page_buf->rhdr, PAGE_SIZE, false);
> +               ntfs_fix_post_read(&page_buf->rhdr, log->page_size, false);
>
>          if (page_buf != *buffer)
>                  memcpy(*buffer, Add2Ptr(page_buf, page_off), bytes);
> @@ -3782,11 +3782,7 @@ int log_replay(struct ntfs_inode *ni, bool *initialized)
>          log->l_size = log->orig_file_size = ni->vfs_inode.i_size;
>
>          /* Get the size of page. NOTE: To replay we can use default page. */
> -#if PAGE_SIZE >= DefaultLogPageSize && PAGE_SIZE <= DefaultLogPageSize * 2
>          log->page_size = norm_file_page(PAGE_SIZE, &log->l_size, true);
> -#else
> -       log->page_size = norm_file_page(PAGE_SIZE, &log->l_size, false);
> -#endif
>          if (!log->page_size) {
>                  err = -EINVAL;
>                  goto out;
> --
> 2.43.0
>
Hello,

Queued for the next merge window, thanks.

Regards,
Konstantin