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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>,
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	linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, <linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org>,
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	jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, hansg@kernel.org,
	senozhatsky@chromium.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:02:56 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260122160311.1117669-2-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260122160311.1117669-1-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 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.

Remove struct file_kattr initialization from fileattr_fill_xflags()
and fileattr_fill_flags(). Callers at ioctl/syscall entry points
zero-initialize the struct themselves, which allows them to pass
hints (flags_valid, fsx_valid) to the filesystem's ->fileattr_get()
callback via the fa argument. Filesystem handlers that invoke these
fill functions can now set flags directly in fa->fsx_xflags before
calling them, without the fill functions zeroing those values.

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

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/file_attr.c           | 12 ++++--------
 fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c       |  2 +-
 include/linux/fileattr.h |  3 ++-
 include/uapi/linux/fs.h  |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c
index 13cdb31a3e94..6e37040fc5fa 100644
--- a/fs/file_attr.c
+++ b/fs/file_attr.c
@@ -15,12 +15,10 @@
  * @fa:		fileattr pointer
  * @xflags:	FS_XFLAG_* flags
  *
- * Set ->fsx_xflags, ->fsx_valid and ->flags (translated xflags).  All
- * other fields are zeroed.
+ * Set ->fsx_xflags, ->fsx_valid and ->flags (translated xflags).
  */
 void fileattr_fill_xflags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 xflags)
 {
-	memset(fa, 0, sizeof(*fa));
 	fa->fsx_valid = true;
 	fa->fsx_xflags = xflags;
 	if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE)
@@ -46,11 +44,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_xflags);
  * @flags:	FS_*_FL flags
  *
  * Set ->flags, ->flags_valid and ->fsx_xflags (translated flags).
- * All other fields are zeroed.
  */
 void fileattr_fill_flags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 flags)
 {
-	memset(fa, 0, sizeof(*fa));
 	fa->flags_valid = true;
 	fa->flags = flags;
 	if (fa->flags & FS_SYNC_FL)
@@ -323,7 +319,7 @@ int ioctl_setflags(struct file *file, unsigned int __user *argp)
 {
 	struct mnt_idmap *idmap = file_mnt_idmap(file);
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	struct file_kattr fa;
+	struct file_kattr fa = {};
 	unsigned int flags;
 	int err;
 
@@ -355,7 +351,7 @@ int ioctl_fssetxattr(struct file *file, void __user *argp)
 {
 	struct mnt_idmap *idmap = file_mnt_idmap(file);
 	struct dentry *dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
-	struct file_kattr fa;
+	struct file_kattr fa = {};
 	int err;
 
 	err = copy_fsxattr_from_user(&fa, argp);
@@ -434,7 +430,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(file_setattr, int, dfd, const char __user *, filename,
 	struct filename *name __free(putname) = NULL;
 	unsigned int lookup_flags = 0;
 	struct file_attr fattr;
-	struct file_kattr fa;
+	struct file_kattr fa = {};
 	int error;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct file_attr) < FILE_ATTR_SIZE_VER0);
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 59eaad774371..f0417c4d1fca 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ xfs_ioc_fsgetxattra(
 	xfs_inode_t		*ip,
 	void			__user *arg)
 {
-	struct file_kattr	fa;
+	struct file_kattr	fa = {};
 
 	xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_SHARED);
 	xfs_fill_fsxattr(ip, XFS_ATTR_FORK, &fa);
diff --git a/include/linux/fileattr.h b/include/linux/fileattr.h
index f89dcfad3f8f..709de829659f 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 \
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


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-22 16:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-22 16:02 [PATCH v7 00/16] Exposing case folding behavior Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:02 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-01-23  0:26   ` [PATCH v7 01/16] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr Darrick J. Wong
2026-01-23  0:42     ` Chuck Lever
2026-01-23 12:51   ` Jan Kara
2026-01-22 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 02/16] fat: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 03/16] exfat: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 04/16] ntfs3: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 05/16] hfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 06/16] hfsplus: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 07/16] ext4: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-23  0:29   ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-01-23 15:49     ` Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 08/16] xfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 09/16] cifs: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 10/16] nfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 11/16] f2fs: Add case sensitivity reporting to fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 12/16] vboxsf: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 13/16] isofs: " Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 14/16] nfsd: Report export case-folding via NFSv3 PATHCONF Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 15/16] nfsd: Implement NFSv4 FATTR4_CASE_INSENSITIVE and FATTR4_CASE_PRESERVING Chuck Lever
2026-01-22 16:03 ` [PATCH v7 16/16] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION Chuck Lever

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