fs: fs.link() on exFAT volumes (Windows) fails with misleading EISDIR instead of "not supported"
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研究方向
沿著 Windows CreateHardLinkW 路徑追蹤 fs.link 和 uv_fs_link,然後檢查 libuv 針對 ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION 的 uv_translate_sys_error 對映。透過在 exFAT 上重現來確認該對映,並新增涵蓋所得 errno 的回歸測試;完成的標準是該錯誤不再回報 EISDIR,並能識別出不支援的操作。
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描述
- Version: v24.19.0
- Platform: Windows 11 Home (10.0.22631), x64 — NTFS system drive; two USB exFAT volumes (4TB / 2TB)
- Subsystem: fs
What is wrong?
fs.linkSync(src, dest) targeting a file on an exFAT volume fails with errno EISDIR ("illegal operation on a directory"). The destination path does not exist and is not a directory. The real reason is that exFAT does not support hard links, and the underlying Win32 error is ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION (WinError 1).
The EISDIR diagnosis actively misleads: it sends developers hunting for a directory that isn't there, instead of pointing at the unsupported filesystem operation.
Reproduction
On an exFAT-formatted volume (e.g. X:\):
$ node -e "require('fs').linkSync('X:\\a.tmp','X:\\b.tmp')"
Error: EISDIR: illegal operation on a directory, link 'X:\a.tmp' -> 'X:\b.tmp'
Python cross-check on the same volume shows the true underlying Win32 error:
$ python -c "import os; os.link(r'X:\a.tmp', r'X:\b.tmp')"
OSError: [WinError 1] 函数不正确。 (ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION)
Observations from our test matrix (single machine, Windows 11 build 22631, Node v24.19.0):
| Target volume | Filesystem | fs.linkSync result |
|---|---|---|
| C:, D:, F: | NTFS | succeeds |
| E: (USB), H: (USB) | exFAT | always fails with EISDIR |
The failure splits perfectly along filesystem type, independent of internal/USB. Reads are unaffected; plain file writes work fine on exFAT.
Expected behavior
When CreateHardLinkW fails with ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION on a filesystem without hard-link support, Node/libuv should surface a meaningful errno — e.g. ENOSYS ("function not implemented"), EPERM, or EOPNOTSUPP — rather than EISDIR.
For reference, on Linux, link(2) on filesystems that do not support hard links reports EPERM/EOPNOTSUPP, and on a system without the syscall at all ENOSYS.
Hypothesis (for upstream to confirm)
Possibly a missing mapping for ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION in libuv's win32 uv_translate_sys_error, letting the failed uv_fs_link fall through to a misleading errno. We have not traced the exact layer; we only report the observed mapping WinError 1 (ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION) → EISDIR.
Context / impact
This surfaced while diagnosing a third-party agent tool that publishes files via temp-file + hard-link: on exFAT drives every write failed, and the EISDIR message misattributed the cause. Reported downstream at https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness/discussions/5704 (includes the consumer-side analysis and a fallback-to-rename mitigation).
exFAT is the factory default format for many USB drives and SD cards, so "write to my external drive" is a common end-user scenario that hits this.
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