From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
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senozhatsky@chromium.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v9 17/17] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:30:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-17-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION responses have always reported
FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH and FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES
unconditionally. Case-insensitive filesystems like exFAT, and
casefolded directories on ext4 or f2fs, have no way to signal
their actual semantics to SMB clients.
Now that filesystems expose case behavior through ->fileattr_get,
query it via vfs_fileattr_get() and translate the FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
and FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags into the corresponding SMB
attributes. Filesystems without ->fileattr_get continue reporting
default POSIX behavior (case-sensitive, case-preserving).
SMB's FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION reports per-share attributes from
the share root, not per-file. Shares mixing casefold and
non-casefold directories report the root directory's behavior.
Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index ee32e61b6d3c..7e91b578ca28 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/falloc.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/filelock.h>
+#include <linux/fileattr.h>
#include "glob.h"
#include "smbfsctl.h"
@@ -5541,16 +5542,28 @@ static int smb2_get_info_filesystem(struct ksmbd_work *work,
case FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION:
{
FILE_SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTE_INFO *info;
+ struct file_kattr fa = {};
size_t sz;
+ u32 attrs;
+ int err;
info = (FILE_SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTE_INFO *)rsp->Buffer;
- info->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS |
- FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS |
- FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK |
- FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES |
- FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH |
- FILE_SUPPORTS_BLOCK_REFCOUNTING);
+ attrs = FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS |
+ FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS |
+ FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK |
+ FILE_SUPPORTS_BLOCK_REFCOUNTING;
+ err = vfs_fileattr_get(path.dentry, &fa);
+ if (err && err != -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
+ path_put(&path);
+ return err;
+ }
+ if (!(fa.fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD))
+ attrs |= FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH;
+ if (!(fa.fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING))
+ attrs |= FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES;
+
+ info->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(attrs);
info->Attributes |= cpu_to_le32(server_conf.share_fake_fscaps);
if (test_share_config_flag(work->tcon->share_conf,
--
2.53.0
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel <linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
To: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: pc@manguebit.org, yuezhang.mo@sony.com, cem@kernel.org,
almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com,
adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
sfrench@samba.org, slava@dubeyko.com, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
linkinjeon@kernel.org, sprasad@microsoft.com, frank.li@vivo.com,
ronniesahlberg@gmail.com, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de,
jaegeuk@kernel.org, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp,
linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, senozhatsky@chromium.org,
Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
hansg@kernel.org, anna@kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
sj1557.seo@samsung.com, trondmy@kernel.org
Subject: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v9 17/17] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:30:11 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-17-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION responses have always reported
FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH and FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES
unconditionally. Case-insensitive filesystems like exFAT, and
casefolded directories on ext4 or f2fs, have no way to signal
their actual semantics to SMB clients.
Now that filesystems expose case behavior through ->fileattr_get,
query it via vfs_fileattr_get() and translate the FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
and FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags into the corresponding SMB
attributes. Filesystems without ->fileattr_get continue reporting
default POSIX behavior (case-sensitive, case-preserving).
SMB's FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION reports per-share attributes from
the share root, not per-file. Shares mixing casefold and
non-casefold directories report the root directory's behavior.
Acked-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index ee32e61b6d3c..7e91b578ca28 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/falloc.h>
#include <linux/mount.h>
#include <linux/filelock.h>
+#include <linux/fileattr.h>
#include "glob.h"
#include "smbfsctl.h"
@@ -5541,16 +5542,28 @@ static int smb2_get_info_filesystem(struct ksmbd_work *work,
case FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION:
{
FILE_SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTE_INFO *info;
+ struct file_kattr fa = {};
size_t sz;
+ u32 attrs;
+ int err;
info = (FILE_SYSTEM_ATTRIBUTE_INFO *)rsp->Buffer;
- info->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS |
- FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS |
- FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK |
- FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES |
- FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH |
- FILE_SUPPORTS_BLOCK_REFCOUNTING);
+ attrs = FILE_SUPPORTS_OBJECT_IDS |
+ FILE_PERSISTENT_ACLS |
+ FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK |
+ FILE_SUPPORTS_BLOCK_REFCOUNTING;
+ err = vfs_fileattr_get(path.dentry, &fa);
+ if (err && err != -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
+ path_put(&path);
+ return err;
+ }
+ if (!(fa.fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD))
+ attrs |= FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH;
+ if (!(fa.fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING))
+ attrs |= FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES;
+
+ info->Attributes = cpu_to_le32(attrs);
info->Attributes |= cpu_to_le32(server_conf.share_fake_fscaps);
if (test_share_config_flag(work->tcon->share_conf,
--
2.53.0
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-22 23:29 [PATCH v9 00/17] Exposing case folding behavior Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [PATCH v9 01/17] fs: Move file_kattr initialization to callers Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:38 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-04-22 23:38 ` [f2fs-dev] " Darrick J. Wong via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [PATCH v9 02/17] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [PATCH v9 03/17] fat: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [PATCH v9 04/17] exfat: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [PATCH v9 05/17] ntfs3: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:29 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 06/17] hfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 07/17] hfsplus: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 08/17] ext4: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 09/17] xfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 10/17] cifs: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-23 0:59 ` Steve French
2026-04-23 0:59 ` [f2fs-dev] " Steve French
2026-04-23 1:35 ` Chuck Lever
2026-04-23 1:35 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 11/17] nfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 12/17] f2fs: Add case sensitivity reporting to fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 13/17] vboxsf: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 14/17] isofs: " Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 15/17] nfsd: Report export case-folding via NFSv3 PATHCONF Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [PATCH v9 16/17] nfsd: Implement NFSv4 FATTR4_CASE_INSENSITIVE and FATTR4_CASE_PRESERVING Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] " Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-22 23:30 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v9 17/17] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION Chuck Lever via Linux-f2fs-devel
2026-04-23 11:52 ` [PATCH v9 00/17] Exposing case folding behavior Christian Brauner
2026-04-23 11:52 ` [f2fs-dev] " Christian Brauner via Linux-f2fs-devel
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