| From: |
| Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee-AT-gmail.com> |
| To: |
| Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon-AT-kernel.org> |
| Subject: |
| [PATCH 0/7] ntfs: Support Windows native symbolic links |
| Date: |
| Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:33:30 +0900 |
| Message-ID: |
| <20260612-topic-symlink-v1-0-cc1ebf9528e1@gmail.com> |
| Cc: |
| Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee-AT-gmail.com>, linux-fsdevel-AT-vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel-AT-vger.kernel.org |
| Archive-link: |
| Article |
This patch series adds support for Windows native symbolic links and
introduces mount options to configure how symbolic links are resolved
and created.
Currently, the NTFS driver creates WSL-compatible symbolic links and
has limited support for native Windows symbolic links. This series
addresses these limitations.
1. Following/Resolving Symlinks & Junctions:
- Add support for parsing and following Windows native symbolic links.
- Introduce the "native_symlink=raw|rel" mount option to configure
absolute target resolution.
2. Creating Symlinks:
- Introduce the "symlink=wsl|native" mount option to choose the
creation behavior of symlinks. Under "native", Windows native
symbolic links are created by converting the target path to UTF-16
Windows format.
3. Fixes & Cleanups:
- Fix an issue where the size of symbolic links is reported as 0.
- Clean up target name conversion for WSL symlinks by avoiding
redundant conversion.
4. Documentation:
- Document the newly introduced mount options in ntfs.rst.
Signed-off-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
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Hyunchul Lee (7):
ntfs: fix incorrect size of symbolic link
ntfs: support following Windows native symlink with relative paths
ntfs: support following Windows native symlink with absolute paths
ntfs: add native_symlink mount option
ntfs: clean up target name conversion for WSL symlinks
ntfs: support creating Windows native symlinks
docs/fs/ntfs: add mount options to support Windows native symbolic links
Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.rst | 13 ++
fs/ntfs/file.c | 24 +-
fs/ntfs/inode.c | 49 ++--
fs/ntfs/inode.h | 2 +
fs/ntfs/layout.h | 19 ++
fs/ntfs/namei.c | 22 +-
fs/ntfs/reparse.c | 461 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
fs/ntfs/reparse.h | 6 +-
fs/ntfs/super.c | 38 +++
fs/ntfs/volume.h | 5 +
10 files changed, 563 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 5aec1efb11ab2a87d1e4be063830268f7980ec4a
change-id: 20260612-topic-symlink-d70873e4721e
Best regards,
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Thanks,
Hyunchul
