linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations

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Date:   Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:53:34 +0100
From:   Mark Harmstone <mark@...mstone.com>
To:     Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@...agon-software.com>,
        "viro@...iv.linux.org.uk" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations

On 28/8/20 5:52 pm, Konstantin Komarov wrote:
> Hi Mark! Thanks for the feedback. It's reasonable concern, but the open
> question is how to access those NTFS attributes which extend the DOS
> attributes. user.DOSATTRIB may be good for FAT32 as DOS attributes are stored in 8bit.
> However, this does not apply to NTFS (32bit attributes).

I'm not sure why this would be an issue - the obvious way of reading
user.DOSATTRIB is to use sscanf into an int, and then check for the bits you're
interested in. The NT FILE_ATTRIBUTE_* values replicate and extend the FAT
constants used by DOS, so it shouldn't cause any confusion only exposing the
full 32-bit value.