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a=openpgp;\n fpr=28B2E5B01286DF243CF23EFE336AB3336F667F97"},"content":"From: Chuck Lever \n\nUpper layers such as NFSD need a way to query whether a\nfilesystem handles filenames in a case-sensitive manner. Report\nVirtualBox shared folder case handling behavior via the\nFS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD flag.\n\nThe case sensitivity property is queried from the VirtualBox host\nservice at mount time and cached in struct vboxsf_sbi. The host\ndetermines case sensitivity based on the underlying host filesystem\n(for example, Windows NTFS is case-insensitive while Linux ext4 is\ncase-sensitive).\n\nVirtualBox shared folders always preserve filename case exactly\nas provided by the guest. The host interface does not expose a\nseparate case-preserving property; leaving\nFS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING unset reports the POSIX-default\ncase-preserving behavior, which matches vboxsf semantics.\n\nThe callback is registered in all three inode_operations\nstructures (directory, file, and symlink) to ensure consistent\nreporting across all inode types.\n\nReviewed-by: Roland Mainz \nSigned-off-by: Chuck Lever \n---\n fs/vboxsf/dir.c | 1 +\n fs/vboxsf/file.c | 6 ++++--\n fs/vboxsf/super.c | 7 +++++++\n fs/vboxsf/utils.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h | 6 ++++++\n 5 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)","diff":"diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c\nindex 42bedc4ec7af..c5bd3271aa96 100644\n--- a/fs/vboxsf/dir.c\n+++ b/fs/vboxsf/dir.c\n@@ -477,4 +477,5 @@ const struct inode_operations vboxsf_dir_iops = {\n \t.symlink = vboxsf_dir_symlink,\n \t.getattr = vboxsf_getattr,\n \t.setattr = vboxsf_setattr,\n+\t.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,\n };\ndiff --git a/fs/vboxsf/file.c b/fs/vboxsf/file.c\nindex 7a7a3fbb2651..943953867e18 100644\n--- a/fs/vboxsf/file.c\n+++ b/fs/vboxsf/file.c\n@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ const struct file_operations vboxsf_reg_fops = {\n \n const struct inode_operations vboxsf_reg_iops = {\n \t.getattr = vboxsf_getattr,\n-\t.setattr = vboxsf_setattr\n+\t.setattr = vboxsf_setattr,\n+\t.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,\n };\n \n static int vboxsf_read_folio(struct file *file, struct folio *folio)\n@@ -389,5 +390,6 @@ static const char *vboxsf_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,\n }\n \n const struct inode_operations vboxsf_lnk_iops = {\n-\t.get_link = vboxsf_get_link\n+\t.get_link = vboxsf_get_link,\n+\t.fileattr_get = vboxsf_fileattr_get,\n };\ndiff --git a/fs/vboxsf/super.c b/fs/vboxsf/super.c\nindex a618cb093e00..a61fbab51d37 100644\n--- a/fs/vboxsf/super.c\n+++ b/fs/vboxsf/super.c\n@@ -185,6 +185,13 @@ static int vboxsf_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)\n \tif (err)\n \t\tgoto fail_unmap;\n \n+\t/*\n+\t * A failed query leaves sbi->case_insensitive false, so the\n+\t * mount defaults to reporting case-sensitive behavior. Do not\n+\t * fail the mount over an advisory attribute.\n+\t */\n+\tvboxsf_query_case_sensitive(sbi);\n+\n \tsb->s_magic = VBOXSF_SUPER_MAGIC;\n \tsb->s_blocksize = 1024;\n \tsb->s_maxbytes = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;\ndiff --git a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c\nindex 440e8c50629d..298bfc93255c 100644\n--- a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c\n+++ b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c\n@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@\n #include \n #include \n #include \n+#include \n #include \"vfsmod.h\"\n \n struct inode *vboxsf_new_inode(struct super_block *sb)\n@@ -567,3 +568,32 @@ int vboxsf_dir_read_all(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, struct vboxsf_dir_info *sf_d,\n \n \treturn err;\n }\n+\n+int vboxsf_query_case_sensitive(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi)\n+{\n+\tstruct shfl_volinfo volinfo = {};\n+\tu32 buf_len;\n+\tint err;\n+\n+\tbuf_len = sizeof(volinfo);\n+\terr = vboxsf_fsinfo(sbi->root, 0, SHFL_INFO_GET | SHFL_INFO_VOLUME,\n+\t\t\t &buf_len, &volinfo);\n+\tif (err)\n+\t\treturn err;\n+\tif (buf_len < sizeof(volinfo))\n+\t\treturn 0;\n+\n+\tsbi->case_insensitive = !volinfo.properties.case_sensitive;\n+\treturn 0;\n+}\n+\n+int vboxsf_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)\n+{\n+\tstruct vboxsf_sbi *sbi = VBOXSF_SBI(dentry->d_sb);\n+\n+\tif (sbi->case_insensitive) {\n+\t\tfa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD;\n+\t\tfa->flags |= FS_CASEFOLD_FL;\n+\t}\n+\treturn 0;\n+}\ndiff --git a/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h b/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h\nindex 05973eb89d52..b61afd0ce842 100644\n--- a/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h\n+++ b/fs/vboxsf/vfsmod.h\n@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct vboxsf_sbi {\n \tu32 next_generation;\n \tu32 root;\n \tint bdi_id;\n+\tbool case_insensitive;\n };\n \n /* per-inode information */\n@@ -111,6 +112,11 @@ void vboxsf_dir_info_free(struct vboxsf_dir_info *p);\n int vboxsf_dir_read_all(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, struct vboxsf_dir_info *sf_d,\n \t\t\tu64 handle);\n \n+int vboxsf_query_case_sensitive(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi);\n+\n+struct file_kattr;\n+int vboxsf_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa);\n+\n /* from vboxsf_wrappers.c */\n int vboxsf_connect(void);\n void vboxsf_disconnect(void);\n","prefixes":["v11","11/15"]}