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,
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adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, cem@kernel.org, sfrench@samba.org,
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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>
Subject: [PATCH v9 08/17] ext4: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:30:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-8-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Report ext4's case sensitivity behavior via the FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
flag. ext4 always preserves case at rest.
Case sensitivity is a per-directory setting in ext4. If the queried
inode is a casefolded directory, report case-insensitive; otherwise
report case-sensitive (standard POSIX behavior).
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 1d0c3d4bdf47..d1d597a13eeb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -999,6 +999,13 @@ int ext4_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
if (ext4_has_feature_project(inode->i_sb))
fa->fsx_projid = from_kprojid(&init_user_ns, ei->i_projid);
+ /*
+ * Case folding is a directory attribute in ext4. Set FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
+ * for directories with the casefold attribute; all other inodes use
+ * standard case-sensitive semantics.
+ */
+ if (IS_CASEFOLDED(inode))
+ fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
return 0;
}
--
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 08/17] ext4: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:30:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-8-be023cc070e2@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260422-case-sensitivity-v9-0-be023cc070e2@oracle.com>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Report ext4's case sensitivity behavior via the FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
flag. ext4 always preserves case at rest.
Case sensitivity is a per-directory setting in ext4. If the queried
inode is a casefolded directory, report case-insensitive; otherwise
report case-sensitive (standard POSIX behavior).
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 1d0c3d4bdf47..d1d597a13eeb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -999,6 +999,13 @@ int ext4_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
if (ext4_has_feature_project(inode->i_sb))
fa->fsx_projid = from_kprojid(&init_user_ns, ei->i_projid);
+ /*
+ * Case folding is a directory attribute in ext4. Set FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD
+ * for directories with the casefold attribute; all other inodes use
+ * standard case-sensitive semantics.
+ */
+ if (IS_CASEFOLDED(inode))
+ fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
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next prev 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 ` [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 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-04-22 23:30 ` [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v9 08/17] ext4: " 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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