[GSOC] NTFS driver improvements

[Pratik Singhal]

Hello all,
I am Pratik Singhal, a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Computer
Science studying in BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, India.
I want to pursue the project NTFS Driver Improvement project as a part of
Google summer of code 2016.

I have previously participated in Google summer of Code 2015 for FreeBSD
operating system and have done some kernel hacking before.(
https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2015/CubieBoardSupport)
I have also made a mini operating system of my own.

I am sure, that the experience I gained while previously for FreeBSD  will
certainly help me in understanding the ReactOS code base quickly which will
be useful for the project.  I don't have any significant experience on
working with file systems before, but I am confident that with some
guidance from fellow developers  I will be able to learn new things which
will help in  completion of the project.  Also, I haven't had any access to
Windows source code , so that shouldn't be a problem.

We will have to figure out concrete goals of the project, full term and mid
term deliverable and a plan for completion of project, if it is to be
selected for Google summer of Code.

It'll be great if somebody, could mentor me for this project.

Thanks,
Pratik Singhal

[Amine Khaldi]

Hi Pratik,

>   I am Pratik Singhal, a 3rd year undergraduate student
> studying 
>  Computer Science studying in BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, India.
>  I want to pursue the project NTFS Driver Improvement project as a part 
>  of Google summer of code 2016. 
Nice to meet you, and welcome to ReactOS!

>   We will have to figure out concrete goals of the
> project, full term 
>  and mid term deliverable and a plan for completion of project, if it 
>  is to be selected for Google summer of Code. 
As per 
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6324900541235200/ this 
is a recommended part of student proposals as it contributes to their 
quality and allows us to assess and evaluate better. Please consider 
figuring out this part.

The 'References' section of this GSoC idea 
(https://www.reactos.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2016_Ideas#NTFS_driver_i…) 
should give you pointers and help you learn and prepare for your 
proposal. Good luck!

Cheers,
Amine.

[Pierre Schweitzer]

Hi Patrik,

Regarding NTFS, I'll sum up its current state in trunk, so that, it'll
give you some view on what's left to do.
It's purely RO only driver so far. It can read well all versions of NTFS
(mainly tested with v3.1, v1.2).
However, many key NTFS features are missing even for RO: journaling (we
totally ignore it so far), compression, encryption, hardlinks (more or
less around though).
What's already implemented: alternate data streams, reparse points, and
I may forgot others.

With all these points, you can already think to things to work on
(obviously, implementing all this is way beyond GSoC project scope).

But, in case this doesn't fit your expectations, just improving current
driver is a project in itself. It's slow, it doesn't use caching, it's
not thread-safe, many algorithms would benefit from reimplementation.

And finally, if you're... Brave, there's room for implementing RW
support :-).

I'd obviously be your mentor, as main ReactOS filesystems developer, and
as the guy who implemented most of the current NTFS driver. I can show
you the path in its obscure code!

Regards,


Le 01/03/2016 10:50, Pratik Singhal a écrit :
>   Hello all,
>  I am Pratik Singhal, a 3rd year undergraduate student studying Computer
>  Science studying in BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, India.
>  I want to pursue the project NTFS Driver Improvement project as a part of
>  Google summer of code 2016.
>  
>  I have previously participated in Google summer of Code 2015 for FreeBSD
>  operating system and have done some kernel hacking before.(
>  https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2015/CubieBoardSupport)
>  I have also made a mini operating system of my own.
>  
>  I am sure, that the experience I gained while previously for FreeBSD  will
>  certainly help me in understanding the ReactOS code base quickly which will
>  be useful for the project.  I don't have any significant experience on
>  working with file systems before, but I am confident that with some
>  guidance from fellow developers  I will be able to learn new things which
>  will help in  completion of the project.  Also, I haven't had any access to
>  Windows source code , so that shouldn't be a problem.
>  
>  We will have to figure out concrete goals of the project, full term and mid
>  term deliverable and a plan for completion of project, if it is to be
>  selected for Google summer of Code.
>  
>  It'll be great if somebody, could mentor me for this project.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Pratik Singhal
>  
>  
>  
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Senior Kernel Developer
ReactOS Deutschland e.V.