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{ "id": 2228049, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2228049/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4/patch/20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-2-de5619beddaf@oracle.com/", "project": { "id": 8, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/projects/8/?format=api", "name": "Linux ext4 filesystem development", "link_name": "linux-ext4", "list_id": "linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org", "list_email": "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org", "web_url": null, "scm_url": null, "webscm_url": null, "list_archive_url": "", "list_archive_url_format": "", "commit_url_format": "" }, "msgid": "<20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-2-de5619beddaf@oracle.com>", "list_archive_url": null, "date": "2026-04-25T01:53:04", "name": "[v11,02/15] fs: Add case sensitivity flags to file_kattr", "commit_ref": null, "pull_url": null, "state": "new", "archived": false, "hash": "88be93badfa2c2c076765ad8e678c7bbe57ce420", "submitter": { "id": 86689, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/people/86689/?format=api", "name": "Chuck Lever", "email": "cel@kernel.org" }, "delegate": null, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4/patch/20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-2-de5619beddaf@oracle.com/mbox/", "series": [ { "id": 501417, "url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/series/501417/?format=api", "web_url": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4/list/?series=501417", "date": "2026-04-25T01:53:02", "name": "Exposing case folding behavior", "version": 11, "mbox": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/series/501417/mbox/" } ], "comments": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2228049/comments/", "check": "pending", "checks": "http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/api/patches/2228049/checks/", "tags": {}, "related": [], "headers": { "Return-Path": "\n <SRS0=uGeQ=CY=vger.kernel.org=linux-ext4+bounces-16084-patchwork-incoming=ozlabs.org@ozlabs.org>", "X-Original-To": [ "incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org", "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" ], "Delivered-To": [ "patchwork-incoming@legolas.ozlabs.org", "patchwork-incoming@ozlabs.org" ], "Authentication-Results": [ "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n\tdkim=pass (2048-bit key;\n unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256\n header.s=k20201202 header.b=iAJ/CuUk;\n\tdkim-atps=neutral", "legolas.ozlabs.org;\n spf=pass (sender SPF authorized) smtp.mailfrom=ozlabs.org\n (client-ip=150.107.74.76; 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charset=\"utf-8\"", "Content-Transfer-Encoding": "7bit", "Message-Id": "<20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-2-de5619beddaf@oracle.com>", "References": "<20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-0-de5619beddaf@oracle.com>", "In-Reply-To": "<20260424-case-sensitivity-v11-0-de5619beddaf@oracle.com>", "To": "Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,\n Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>", "Cc": "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,\n linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org,\n linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-api@vger.kernel.org,\n linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp,\n linkinjeon@kernel.org, sj1557.seo@samsung.com, yuezhang.mo@sony.com,\n almaz.alexandrovich@paragon-software.com, slava@dubeyko.com,\n glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, frank.li@vivo.com, tytso@mit.edu,\n adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, cem@kernel.org, sfrench@samba.org,\n pc@manguebit.org, ronniesahlberg@gmail.com, sprasad@microsoft.com,\n trondmy@kernel.org, anna@kernel.org, jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org,\n hansg@kernel.org, senozhatsky@chromium.org,\n Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>, \"Darrick J. Wong\" <djwong@kernel.org>,\n Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org>", "X-Mailer": "b4 0.16-dev", "X-Developer-Signature": "v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=3394;\n i=chuck.lever@oracle.com; h=from:subject:message-id;\n bh=42BtA/ECrX4U52i4InslT9hET7DZ27jCO0bDUKFKJW4=;\n b=owEBbQKS/ZANAwAKATNqszNvZn+XAcsmYgBp7B6QnCcLxEgVgqxUPTsyyPkPTGM1fwG8lYKAg\n sf1zpx+aSSJAjMEAAEKAB0WIQQosuWwEobfJDzyPv4zarMzb2Z/lwUCaewekAAKCRAzarMzb2Z/\n l/qtEACCmS3MA/uOWQjFk94bJTW2Zo02V0sdsO47IYXAL+DmIVBmnacrvD2LJdNNMyIKdJgHtHQ\n GKb0TFBuvc3NiwOXlTkQZn5XVmKiYhiMzapxwOT+tMeeQvpUGmzW731Mp1BUwoNPyDJdW/5Kuul\n EGoiFMVzqBQnyBTx6u4EKz5pRGYZYg3q6DvmoLInvN/PbMjnQ6lhcekaXJY34iLQUqk9cF+Nc1y\n ocLCfH5KwM5Ez9EIr2H+jf3J5BBPh4+vXUkvpGCL01OzK2j3EOcubXFZoBsxeHAaTtH4C1D62bB\n e7y8i/cxDq9L1Q316+QHxnNU53WPxIKQwj+UFQIVIwY1px/hIehHn/sSS4dFVyV7ILoYWxliiPp\n gcps9ZU5bNVtk2C8ThjeatIhQGRiACG/J9FiOzgZnF+E/glef20kAf6ZuYzcuZ+cGcUye+RtS5a\n 92drAqIv90+Eo9mxYAxsDJqA+5f8N2W0vD1SdmyWYT+gXxG64CCULaJRH21bKfv9y/KP12lttW6\n mnmTB3PqAhuN8VguGQrADzab2S0L1QZLn1KcBvHny3QtT478jXZ1cyMfVIPcsVKsYyJsxl1VE5W\n kRVecsPbDv6pwQ0u9AGsFDnPOfSbg+zpwYOegsYepLUqrbxITMTISc6uKfXD2uH2AYmzk8qzbEu\n I+a1rEar5hUbDsg==", "X-Developer-Key": "i=chuck.lever@oracle.com; a=openpgp;\n fpr=28B2E5B01286DF243CF23EFE336AB3336F667F97", "X-Spam-Status": "No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=ARC_SIGNED,ARC_VALID,\n\tDKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DMARC_PASS,\n\tMAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=disabled\n\tversion=4.0.1", "X-Spam-Checker-Version": "SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-25) on gandalf.ozlabs.org" }, "content": "From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>\n\nEnable upper layers such as NFSD to retrieve case sensitivity\ninformation from file systems by adding FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD and\nFS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags.\n\nFilesystems report case-insensitive or case-nonpreserving behavior\nby setting these flags directly in fa->fsx_xflags. The default\n(flags unset) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive and\ncase-preserving. Both flags are added to FS_XFLAG_RDONLY_MASK so\nFS_IOC_FSSETXATTR silently strips them, keeping the new xflags\nstrictly a reporting interface. Callers that want to toggle\ncasefolding continue to use FS_IOC_SETFLAGS with FS_CASEFOLD_FL,\nthe established UAPI on filesystems that support the operation\n(ext4 and f2fs on empty directories).\n\nCase sensitivity information is exported to userspace via the\nfa_xflags field in the FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR ioctl and file_getattr()\nsystem call.\n\nReviewed-by: \"Darrick J. Wong\" <djwong@kernel.org>\nReviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>\nReviewed-by: Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org>\nSigned-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>\n---\n fs/file_attr.c | 4 ++++\n include/linux/fileattr.h | 3 ++-\n include/uapi/linux/fs.h | 7 +++++++\n 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)", "diff": "diff --git a/fs/file_attr.c b/fs/file_attr.c\nindex f429da66a317..bfb00d256dd5 100644\n--- a/fs/file_attr.c\n+++ b/fs/file_attr.c\n@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_xflags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 xflags)\n \t\tfa->flags |= FS_PROJINHERIT_FL;\n \tif (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_VERITY)\n \t\tfa->flags |= FS_VERITY_FL;\n+\tif (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD)\n+\t\tfa->flags |= FS_CASEFOLD_FL;\n }\n EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_xflags);\n \n@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ void fileattr_fill_flags(struct file_kattr *fa, u32 flags)\n \t\tfa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_PROJINHERIT;\n \tif (fa->flags & FS_VERITY_FL)\n \t\tfa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_VERITY;\n+\tif (fa->flags & FS_CASEFOLD_FL)\n+\t\tfa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;\n }\n EXPORT_SYMBOL(fileattr_fill_flags);\n \ndiff --git a/include/linux/fileattr.h b/include/linux/fileattr.h\nindex 3780904a63a6..58044b598016 100644\n--- a/include/linux/fileattr.h\n+++ b/include/linux/fileattr.h\n@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@\n \n /* Read-only inode flags */\n #define FS_XFLAG_RDONLY_MASK \\\n-\t(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY)\n+\t(FS_XFLAG_PREALLOC | FS_XFLAG_HASATTR | FS_XFLAG_VERITY | \\\n+\t FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD | FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING)\n \n /* Flags to indicate valid value of fsx_ fields */\n #define FS_XFLAG_VALUES_MASK \\\ndiff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h\nindex 13f71202845e..2ea4c81df08f 100644\n--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h\n+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h\n@@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ struct file_attr {\n #define FS_XFLAG_DAX\t\t0x00008000\t/* use DAX for IO */\n #define FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE\t0x00010000\t/* CoW extent size allocator hint */\n #define FS_XFLAG_VERITY\t\t0x00020000\t/* fs-verity enabled */\n+/*\n+ * Case handling flags (read-only, cannot be set via ioctl).\n+ * Default (neither set) indicates POSIX semantics: case-sensitive\n+ * lookups and case-preserving storage.\n+ */\n+#define FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD\t0x00040000\t/* case-insensitive lookups */\n+#define FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING 0x00080000\t/* case not preserved */\n #define FS_XFLAG_HASATTR\t0x80000000\t/* no DIFLAG for this\t*/\n \n /* the read-only stuff doesn't really belong here, but any other place is\n", "prefixes": [ "v11", "02/15" ] }