Linus Torvalds has accepted patches implementing the NTFS file system from Paragon Software into the repository for the upcoming Linux 5.15 kernel branch. The release of kernel 5.15 is expected in November. The code for the new NTFS driver was opened by Paragon Software last August and differs from the existing kernel driver by enabling write mode. The old driver has not been updated for many years and is in a poor state.
The new driver supports all features of the current NTFS 3.1 version, including extended file attributes, access control lists (ACL), data compression mode, efficient handling of sparse files, and replaying changes from a journal to restore integrity after failures. Paragon Software has confirmed that it is ready to maintain the proposed code in the kernel and plans to transition the journaling implementation to work over the existing kernel's universal block device JBD (Journaling block device), which underlies journaling in ext3, ext4, and OCFS2.
Izvor: opennet.ru
