linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 13/14] ntfs: add Kconfig and Makefile

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Message-ID: <20260116093025.GD21396@lst.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:30:25 +0100
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 13/14] ntfs: add Kconfig and Makefile

> +config NTFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
> +	bool "NTFS POSIX Access Control Lists"
> +	depends on NTFS_FS
> +	select FS_POSIX_ACL
> +	help
> +	  POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs) support additional access rights
> +	  for users and groups beyond the standard owner/group/world scheme,
> +	  and this option selects support for ACLs specifically for ntfs
> +	  filesystems.
> +	  NOTE: this is linux only feature. Windows will ignore these ACLs.
> +
> +	  If you don't know what Access Control Lists are, say N.

This looks like a new feature over the old driver.  What is the
use case for it?

> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +# Makefile for the ntfs filesystem support.
> +#

I'd drop this, it's pretty obvious :)