linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/8] Support non-BMP characters on UTF-16 filesystems

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Date:	Wed, 16 May 2012 00:55:48 +0200
From:	Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
	<phcoder@...il.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	samba-technical@...ts.samba.org,
	jfs-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-ntfs-dev@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...nel.org>,
	Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>,
	Anton Altaparmakov <anton@...era.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 0/8] Support non-BMP characters on UTF-16 filesystems

Hello, when conducting some automated filesystem tests, I've discovered
that some filesystems are unable to cope with non-BMP characters. While
most usual characters are in BMP, I still think that supporting then is
important. Perhaps, the single most important reason to support them is
that they come up in some personal names. The series has 2 patches to
prepare the ground by changing NLS functions uni2char and char2uni to
work on full unicode_t and another patch for UTF-16 conversion functions.
Remaining 6 patches are for specific filesystems.The filesystems I haven't
fixed are ncpfs and cifs since I don't have the relevant test environment
but it should be easy for someone with one to extend it for them as well.
I've used mainly 2 following characters for test:
茝 Some rare CJK symbol, no idea what it means, picked it up at random.
😁 An emoticon.

I send this explanation and first 2 patches to all concerned parties. Rest
is sent to LKML, linux-fsdevel and relevant filesystem maintaintainer/list only
-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko

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