diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
index 8ff6ea7..52f868a 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ChangeLog
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 	  only emit a warning when the checksum is incorrect rather than
 	  refusing the mount.  Thanks to Bernd Casimir for pointing this
 	  problem out.
+	- Update attribute definition handling.
 
 2.1.22 - Many bug and race fixes and error handling improvements.
 
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index 1b95f392..23ca3bd 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -1138,28 +1138,21 @@
  * Check whether the attribute of @type on the ntfs volume @vol is allowed to
  * be non-resident.  This information is obtained from $AttrDef system file.
  *
- * Return 0 if the attribute is allowed to be non-resident, -EPERM if not, or
+ * Return 0 if the attribute is allowed to be non-resident, -EPERM if not, and
  * -ENOENT if the attribute is not listed in $AttrDef.
  */
 int ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident(const ntfs_volume *vol, const ATTR_TYPE type)
 {
 	ATTR_DEF *ad;
 
-	/*
-	 * $DATA and $EA are always allowed to be non-resident even if $AttrDef
-	 * does not specify this in the flags of the $DATA attribute definition
-	 * record.
-	 */
-	if (type == AT_DATA || type == AT_EA)
-		return 0;
 	/* Find the attribute definition record in $AttrDef. */
 	ad = ntfs_attr_find_in_attrdef(vol, type);
 	if (unlikely(!ad))
 		return -ENOENT;
 	/* Check the flags and return the result. */
-	if (ad->flags & CAN_BE_NON_RESIDENT)
-		return 0;
-	return -EPERM;
+	if (ad->flags & ATTR_DEF_RESIDENT)
+		return -EPERM;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1182,9 +1175,9 @@
  */
 int ntfs_attr_can_be_resident(const ntfs_volume *vol, const ATTR_TYPE type)
 {
-	if (type != AT_INDEX_ALLOCATION && type != AT_EA)
-		return 0;
-	return -EPERM;
+	if (type == AT_INDEX_ALLOCATION || type == AT_EA)
+		return -EPERM;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/layout.h b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
index 8d1f132..458cb54 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/layout.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/layout.h
@@ -547,26 +547,44 @@
 	COLLATION_NTOFS_ULONG		= const_cpu_to_le32(0x10),
 	COLLATION_NTOFS_SID		= const_cpu_to_le32(0x11),
 	COLLATION_NTOFS_SECURITY_HASH	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x12),
-	COLLATION_NTOFS_ULONGS		= const_cpu_to_le32(0x13)
+	COLLATION_NTOFS_ULONGS		= const_cpu_to_le32(0x13),
 };
 
 typedef le32 COLLATION_RULE;
 
 /*
  * The flags (32-bit) describing attribute properties in the attribute
- * definition structure.  FIXME: This information is from Regis's information
- * and, according to him, it is not certain and probably incomplete.
- * The INDEXABLE flag is fairly certainly correct as only the file name
- * attribute has this flag set and this is the only attribute indexed in NT4.
+ * definition structure.  FIXME: This information is based on Regis's
+ * information and, according to him, it is not certain and probably
+ * incomplete.  The INDEXABLE flag is fairly certainly correct as only the file
+ * name attribute has this flag set and this is the only attribute indexed in
+ * NT4.
  */
 enum {
-	INDEXABLE	    = const_cpu_to_le32(0x02), /* Attribute can be
-							  indexed. */
-	NEED_TO_REGENERATE  = const_cpu_to_le32(0x40), /* Need to regenerate
-							  during regeneration
-							  phase. */
-	CAN_BE_NON_RESIDENT = const_cpu_to_le32(0x80), /* Attribute can be
-							  non-resident. */
+	ATTR_DEF_INDEXABLE	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x02), /* Attribute can be
+					indexed. */
+	ATTR_DEF_MULTIPLE	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x04), /* Attribute type
+					can be present multiple times in the
+					mft records of an inode. */
+	ATTR_DEF_NOT_ZERO	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x08), /* Attribute value
+					must contain at least one non-zero
+					byte. */
+	ATTR_DEF_INDEXED_UNIQUE	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x10), /* Attribute must be
+					indexed and the attribute value must be
+					unique for the attribute type in all of
+					the mft records of an inode. */
+	ATTR_DEF_NAMED_UNIQUE	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x20), /* Attribute must be
+					named and the name must be unique for
+					the attribute type in all of the mft
+					records of an inode. */
+	ATTR_DEF_RESIDENT	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x40), /* Attribute must be
+					resident. */
+	ATTR_DEF_ALWAYS_LOG	= const_cpu_to_le32(0x80), /* Always log
+					modifications to this attribute,
+					regardless of whether it is resident or
+					non-resident.  Without this, only log
+					modifications if the attribute is
+					resident. */
 };
 
 typedef le32 ATTR_DEF_FLAGS;
diff --git a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
index a0bf706..e85f6e9 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs/ntfs.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * ntfs.h - Defines for NTFS Linux kernel driver. Part of the Linux-NTFS
  *	    project.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Anton Altaparmakov
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Anton Altaparmakov
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Richard Russon
  *
  * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	NTFS_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS	= 9,
 	NTFS_SB_MAGIC		= 0x5346544e,	/* 'NTFS' */
 	NTFS_MAX_NAME_LEN	= 255,
+	NTFS_MAX_ATTR_NAME_LEN	= 255,
 } NTFS_CONSTANTS;
 
 /* Global variables. */