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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Subject: [PATCH v5 07/16] ext4: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:46:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116144616.2098618-8-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116144616.2098618-1-cel@kernel.org>
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Report ext4's case sensitivity behavior via file_kattr boolean
fields. 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>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index 7ce0fc40aec2..213769d217c3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -996,6 +996,12 @@ 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);
+ /*
+ * ext4 preserves case (the default). If this inode is a
+ * casefolded directory, report case-insensitive; otherwise
+ * report case-sensitive (standard POSIX behavior).
+ */
+ fa->case_insensitive = IS_CASEFOLDED(inode);
return 0;
}
--
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 ` [PATCH v5 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity info to file_kattr Chuck Lever
2026-01-16 16:28 ` 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 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
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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