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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,
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	almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com, slava@dubeyko.com,
	glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, frank.li@vivo.com, tytso@mit.edu,
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	jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org, hansg@kernel.org,
	senozhatsky@chromium.org, Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v8 13/17] vboxsf: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:47:37 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260217214741.1928576-14-cel@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260217214741.1928576-1-cel@kernel.org>

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

Upper layers such as NFSD need a way to query whether a
filesystem handles filenames in a case-sensitive manner. Report
VirtualBox shared folder case handling behavior via the
FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD flag.

The case sensitivity property is queried from the VirtualBox host
service at mount time and cached in struct vboxsf_sbi. The host
determines case sensitivity based on the underlying host filesystem
(for example, Windows NTFS is case-insensitive while Linux ext4 is
case-sensitive).

VirtualBox shared folders always preserve filename case exactly
as provided by the guest. The host interface does not expose a
case_preserving property, so this is hardcoded to true.

The callback is registered in all three inode_operations
structures (directory, file, and symlink) to ensure consistent
reporting across all inode types.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
---
 fs/vboxsf/dir.c    |  1 +
 fs/vboxsf/file.c   |  6 ++++--
 fs/vboxsf/super.c  |  4 ++++
 fs/vboxsf/utils.c  | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h |  6 ++++++
 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
index 42bedc4ec7af..c5bd3271aa96 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c
@@ -477,4 +477,5 @@ const struct inode_operations vboxsf_dir_iops = {
 	.symlink = vboxsf_dir_symlink,
 	.getattr = vboxsf_getattr,
 	.setattr = vboxsf_setattr,
+	.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,
 };
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/file.c b/fs/vboxsf/file.c
index 111752010edb..30a4f4262928 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/file.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/file.c
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ const struct file_operations vboxsf_reg_fops = {
 
 const struct inode_operations vboxsf_reg_iops = {
 	.getattr = vboxsf_getattr,
-	.setattr = vboxsf_setattr
+	.setattr = vboxsf_setattr,
+	.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,
 };
 
 static int vboxsf_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)
@@ -389,5 +390,6 @@ static const char *vboxsf_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 }
 
 const struct inode_operations vboxsf_lnk_iops = {
-	.get_link = vboxsf_get_link
+	.get_link = vboxsf_get_link,
+	.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,
 };
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/super.c b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
index 241647b060ee..fcabeca2a339 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/super.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/super.c
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ static int vboxsf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (err)
 		goto fail_unmap;
 
+	err = vboxsf_query_case_sensitive(sbi);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail_unmap;
+
 	sb->s_magic = VBOXSF_SUPER_MAGIC;
 	sb->s_blocksize = 1024;
 	sb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
index 9515bbf0b54c..658b8b0ebbd7 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/vfs.h>
+#include <linux/fileattr.h>
 #include "vfsmod.h"
 
 struct inode *vboxsf_new_inode(struct super_block *sb)
@@ -567,3 +568,33 @@ int vboxsf_dir_read_all(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, struct vboxsf_dir_info *sf_d,
 
 	return err;
 }
+
+int vboxsf_query_case_sensitive(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi)
+{
+	struct shfl_volinfo volinfo = {};
+	u32 buf_len;
+	int err;
+
+	buf_len = sizeof(volinfo);
+	err = vboxsf_fsinfo(sbi->root, 0, SHFL_INFO_GET | SHFL_INFO_VOLUME,
+			    &buf_len, &volinfo);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	sbi->case_insensitive = !volinfo.properties.case_sensitive;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int vboxsf_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
+{
+	struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi = VBOXSF_SBI(dentry->d_sb);
+
+	/*
+	 * VirtualBox shared folders preserve filename case exactly as
+	 * provided by the guest (the default). The host interface does
+	 * not expose a case-preservation property.
+	 */
+	if (sbi->case_insensitive)
+		fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h b/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
index 05973eb89d52..b61afd0ce842 100644
--- a/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
+++ b/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct vboxsf_sbi {
 	u32 next_generation;
 	u32 root;
 	int bdi_id;
+	bool case_insensitive;
 };
 
 /* per-inode information */
@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ void vboxsf_dir_info_free(struct vboxsf_dir_info *p);
 int vboxsf_dir_read_all(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, struct vboxsf_dir_info *sf_d,
 			u64 handle);
 
+int vboxsf_query_case_sensitive(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi);
+
+struct file_kattr;
+int vboxsf_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa);
+
 /* from vboxsf_wrappers.c */
 int vboxsf_connect(void);
 void vboxsf_disconnect(void);
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-17 21:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-17 21:47 [PATCH v8 00/17] Subject: Exposing case folding behavior Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 01/17] fs: Move file_kattr initialization to callers Chuck Lever
2026-02-27 11:34   ` Jan Kara
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 02/17] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr Chuck Lever
2026-02-27 11:37   ` Jan Kara
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 03/17] fat: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-02-27 11:41   ` Jan Kara
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 04/17] exfat: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 05/17] ntfs3: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 06/17] hfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 07/17] hfsplus: Report case sensitivity in fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 08/17] ext4: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-19 13:14   ` Theodore Tso
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 09/17] xfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 10/17] cifs: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 11/17] nfs: " Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 12/17] f2fs: Add case sensitivity reporting to fileattr_get Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` Chuck Lever [this message]
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 14/17] isofs: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 15/17] nfsd: Report export case-folding via NFSv3 PATHCONF Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 16/17] nfsd: Implement NFSv4 FATTR4_CASE_INSENSITIVE and FATTR4_CASE_PRESERVING Chuck Lever
2026-02-17 21:47 ` [PATCH v8 17/17] ksmbd: Report filesystem case sensitivity via FS_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION Chuck Lever

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