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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,
	 linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,
	 linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp,  linkinjeon@kernel.org,
	sj1557.seo@samsung.com, yuezhang.mo@sony.com,
	 almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com, slava@dubeyko.com,
	 glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, frank.li@vivo.com, tytso@mit.edu,
	 adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, cem@kernel.org, sfrench@samba.org,
	 pc@manguebit.org, ronniesahlberg@gmail.com,
	sprasad@microsoft.com,  trondmy@kernel.org, anna@kernel.org,
	jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org,  hansg@kernel.org,
	senozhatsky@chromium.org,  Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v9 02/17] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:29:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-2-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Enable upper layers such as NFSD to retrieve case sensitivity
information from file systems by adding FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD and
FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags.

Filesystems report case-insensitive or case-nonpreserving behavior
by setting these flags directly in fa->fsx_xflags. The default
(flags unset) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive and
case-preserving. These flags are read-only; userspace cannot set
them via ioctl.

Case sensitivity information is exported to userspace via the
fa_xflags field in the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl and file_getattr()
system call.

Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/file_attr.c           | 4 ++++
 include/linux/fileattr.h | 3 ++-
 include/uapi/linux/fs.h  | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index f429da66a317..bfb00d256dd5 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_xflags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 xflags)
 		fa->flags |= FS_PROJINHERIT_FL;
 	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_VERITY)
 		fa->flags |= FS_VERITY_FL;
+	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD)
+		fa->flags |= FS_CASEFOLD_FL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_xflags);
 
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_flags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 flags)
 		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT;
 	if (fa->flags & FS_VERITY_FL)
 		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_VERITY;
+	if (fa->flags & FS_CASEFOLD_FL)
+		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_flags);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fileattr.h b/include/linux/fileattr.h
index 3780904a63a6..58044b598016 100644
--- a/include/linux/fileattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/fileattr.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 /* Read-only inode flags */
 #define FS_XFLAG_RDONLY_MASK \
-	(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY)
+	(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY | \
+	 FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD | FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING)
 
 /* Flags to indicate valid value of fsx_ fields */
 #define FS_XFLAG_VALUES_MASK \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 13f71202845e..2ea4c81df08f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ struct file_attr {
 #define FS_XFLAG_DAX		0x00008000	/* use DAX for IO */
 #define FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE	0x00010000	/* CoW extent size allocator hint */
 #define FS_XFLAG_VERITY		0x00020000	/* fs-verity enabled */
+/*
+ * Case handling flags (read-only, cannot be set via ioctl).
+ * Default (neither set) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive
+ * lookups and case-preserving storage.
+ */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD	0x00040000	/* case-insensitive lookups */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING 0x00080000	/* case not preserved */
 #define FS_XFLAG_HASATTR	0x80000000	/* no DIFLAG for this	*/
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is

-- 
2.53.0


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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,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
	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 02/17] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:29:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-2-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>

From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>

Enable upper layers such as NFSD to retrieve case sensitivity
information from file systems by adding FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD and
FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags.

Filesystems report case-insensitive or case-nonpreserving behavior
by setting these flags directly in fa->fsx_xflags. The default
(flags unset) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive and
case-preserving. These flags are read-only; userspace cannot set
them via ioctl.

Case sensitivity information is exported to userspace via the
fa_xflags field in the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl and file_getattr()
system call.

Reviewed-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/file_attr.c           | 4 ++++
 include/linux/fileattr.h | 3 ++-
 include/uapi/linux/fs.h  | 7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index f429da66a317..bfb00d256dd5 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_xflags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 xflags)
 		fa->flags |= FS_PROJINHERIT_FL;
 	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_VERITY)
 		fa->flags |= FS_VERITY_FL;
+	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD)
+		fa->flags |= FS_CASEFOLD_FL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_xflags);
 
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_flags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 flags)
 		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT;
 	if (fa->flags & FS_VERITY_FL)
 		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_VERITY;
+	if (fa->flags & FS_CASEFOLD_FL)
+		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_flags);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fileattr.h b/include/linux/fileattr.h
index 3780904a63a6..58044b598016 100644
--- a/include/linux/fileattr.h
+++ b/include/linux/fileattr.h
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 /* Read-only inode flags */
 #define FS_XFLAG_RDONLY_MASK \
-	(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY)
+	(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY | \
+	 FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD | FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING)
 
 /* Flags to indicate valid value of fsx_ fields */
 #define FS_XFLAG_VALUES_MASK \
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 13f71202845e..2ea4c81df08f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ struct file_attr {
 #define FS_XFLAG_DAX		0x00008000	/* use DAX for IO */
 #define FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE	0x00010000	/* CoW extent size allocator hint */
 #define FS_XFLAG_VERITY		0x00020000	/* fs-verity enabled */
+/*
+ * Case handling flags (read-only, cannot be set via ioctl).
+ * Default (neither set) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive
+ * lookups and case-preserving storage.
+ */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD	0x00040000	/* case-insensitive lookups */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING 0x00080000	/* case not preserved */
 #define FS_XFLAG_HASATTR	0x80000000	/* no DIFLAG for this	*/
 
 /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is

-- 
2.53.0



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-22 23:30 UTC|newest]

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 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-04-22 23:29   ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v9 02/17] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr 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 ` [PATCH v9 17/17] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION Chuck Lever
2026-04-22 23:30   ` [f2fs-dev] " 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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