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,
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senozhatsky@chromium.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity info to file_kattr
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:46:00 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116144616.2098618-2-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116144616.2098618-1-cel@kernel.org>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Enable upper layers such as NFSD to retrieve case sensitivity
information from file systems by adding case_insensitive and
case_nonpreserving boolean fields to struct file_kattr.
The case_insensitive and case_nonpreserving fields in struct
file_kattr default to false (POSIX semantics: case-sensitive and
case-preserving), allowing filesystems to set them only when
behavior differs from the default.
Case sensitivity information is exported to userspace via the
existing fa_xflags field using the new FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD and
FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags.
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/file_attr.c | 6 ++++++
include/linux/fileattr.h | 6 +++++-
include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 13cdb31a3e94..2f83f3c6a170 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ int vfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
int error;
+ memset(fa, 0, sizeof(*fa));
+
if (!inode->i_op->fileattr_get)
return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ static void fileattr_to_file_attr(const struct file_kattr *fa,
fattr->fa_nextents = fa->fsx_nextents;
fattr->fa_projid = fa->fsx_projid;
fattr->fa_cowextsize = fa->fsx_cowextsize;
+ if (fa->case_insensitive)
+ fattr->fa_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
+ if (fa->case_nonpreserving)
+ fattr->fa_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING;
}
/**
diff --git a/include/linux/fileattr.h b/include/linux/fileattr.h
index f89dcfad3f8f..7f2e557255ce 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_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | \
+ FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD | FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING)
/* Flags to indicate valid value of fsx_ fields */
#define FS_XFLAG_VALUES_MASK \
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ struct file_kattr {
/* selectors: */
bool flags_valid:1;
bool fsx_valid:1;
+ /* case sensitivity behavior: */
+ bool case_insensitive:1;
+ bool case_nonpreserving:1;
};
int copy_fsxattr_to_user(const struct file_kattr *fa, struct fsxattr __user *ufa);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 66ca526cf786..919148beaa8c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ struct file_attr {
#define FS_XFLAG_FILESTREAM 0x00004000 /* use filestream allocator */
#define FS_XFLAG_DAX 0x00008000 /* use DAX for IO */
#define FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE 0x00010000 /* CoW extent size allocator hint */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD 0x00020000 /* case-insensitive lookups */
+#define FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING 0x00040000 /* 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
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-16 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-16 14:45 [PATCH v5 00/16] Exposing case folding behavior Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-01-16 16:28 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity info to file_kattr Darrick J. Wong
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 02/16] fat: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 03/16] exfat: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 04/16] ntfs3: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 05/16] hfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 06/16] hfsplus: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 07/16] ext4: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 08/16] xfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 09/16] cifs: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 10/16] nfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 11/16] f2fs: Add case sensitivity reporting to fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 12/16] vboxsf: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 13/16] isofs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 14/16] nfsd: Report export case-folding via NFSv3 PATHCONF Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 15/16] nfsd: Implement NFSv4 FATTR4_CASE_INSENSITIVE and FATTR4_CASE_PRESERVING Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 14:46 ` [PATCH v5 16/16] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION Chuck Lever
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