NTFS: $EA attributes can be both resident non-resident.

[deliverable/linux.git] / fs / ntfs / file.c

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c
index cf2a0e2330dfdca288f08cbba86b9bc87b83ab55..5fb341a16b52ccb68601fdcd147052b698bfce85 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/ntfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c
@@ -1857,10 +1857,24 @@ static ssize_t ntfs_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
        if (ni->type != AT_INDEX_ALLOCATION) {
                /* If file is encrypted, deny access, just like NT4. */
                if (NInoEncrypted(ni)) {
+                       /*
+                        * Reminder for later: Encrypted files are _always_
+                        * non-resident so that the content can always be
+                        * encrypted.
+                        */
                        ntfs_debug("Denying write access to encrypted file.");
                        return -EACCES;
                }
                if (NInoCompressed(ni)) {
+                       /* Only unnamed $DATA attribute can be compressed. */
+                       BUG_ON(ni->type != AT_DATA);
+                       BUG_ON(ni->name_len);
+                       /*
+                        * Reminder for later: If resident, the data is not
+                        * actually compressed.  Only on the switch to non-
+                        * resident does compression kick in.  This is in
+                        * contrast to encrypted files (see above).
+                        */
                        ntfs_error(vi->i_sb, "Writing to compressed files is "
                                        "not implemented yet.  Sorry.");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;