exfat: support handle zero-size directory

After repairing a corrupted file system with exfatprogs' fsck.exfat,
zero-size directories may result. It is also possible to create
zero-size directories in other exFAT implementation, such as Paragon
ufsd dirver.

As described in the specification, the lower directory size limits
is 0 bytes.

Without this commit, sub-directories and files cannot be created
under a zero-size directory, and it cannot be removed.

Signed-off-by: Yuezhang Mo <Yuezhang.Mo@sony.com>
Reviewed-by: Andy Wu <Andy.Wu@sony.com>
Reviewed-by: Aoyama Wataru <wataru.aoyama@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
1 file changed
tree: 1842f3241e9d0395a00abf47891d3dd9c8376a51
  1. .github/
  2. balloc.c
  3. cache.c
  4. dir.c
  5. exfat_fs.h
  6. exfat_raw.h
  7. fatent.c
  8. file.c
  9. inode.c
  10. Kconfig
  11. Makefile
  12. misc.c
  13. namei.c
  14. nls.c
  15. README.md
  16. super.c
README.md

exFAT filesystem

This is the exfat filesystem for support from the linux 4.1 kernel to the latest kernel.

Installing as a stand-alone module

Install prerequisite package for Fedora, RHEL:

	yum install kernel-devel-$(uname -r)

Build step:

	make
	sudo make install

To load the driver manually, run this as root:

	modprobe exfat

Installing as a part of the kernel

  1. Let's take [linux] as the path to your kernel source dir.
	cd [linux]
	cp -ar exfat [linux]/fs/
  1. edit [linux]/fs/Kconfig
	source "fs/fat/Kconfig"
	+source "fs/exfat/Kconfig"
	source "fs/ntfs/Kconfig"
  1. edit [linux]/fs/Makefile
	obj-$(CONFIG_FAT_FS)          += fat/
	+obj-$(CONFIG_EXFAT_FS)       += exfat/
	obj-$(CONFIG_BFS_FS)          += bfs/
  1. make menuconfig and set exfat
	File systems  --->
		DOS/FAT/NT Filesystems  --->
			<M> exFAT filesystem support
			(utf8) Default iocharset for exFAT

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