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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 ,\n Christian Brauner , Jan Kara ","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 , \"Darrick J. Wong\" ,\n Roland Mainz ","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"},"content":"From: Chuck Lever \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\" \nReviewed-by: Jan Kara \nReviewed-by: Roland Mainz \nSigned-off-by: Chuck Lever \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"]}