This patchset adds a new exfat "keeptail" mount option, which allows users to resolve paths carrying trailing period '.' characters. I'm not a huge fan of "keeptail" as an option name, but couldn't think of anything better. Feedback appreciated. Cheers, David -- fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h | 3 ++- fs/exfat/namei.c | 25 ++++++++++++++----------- fs/exfat/super.c | 7 +++++++ 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)