[PATCH v14 03/15] fat: Implement fileattr_get for case sensitivity
From: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-05-07 08:53:46
Also in:
linux-cifs, linux-ext4, linux-f2fs-devel, linux-fsdevel, linux-nfs, linux-xfs
Subsystem:
filesystems (vfs and infrastructure), the rest, vfat/fat/msdos filesystem · Maintainers:
Alexander Viro, Christian Brauner, Linus Torvalds, OGAWA Hirofumi
From: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Report FAT's case sensitivity behavior via the FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD and FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING flags. FAT filesystems are case-insensitive by default. MSDOS supports a 'nocase' mount option that enables case-sensitive behavior; check this option when reporting case sensitivity. VFAT long filename entries preserve case; without VFAT, only uppercased 8.3 short names are stored. MSDOS with 'nocase' also preserves case since the name-formatting code skips upcasing when 'nocase' is set. Check both options when reporting case preservation. Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Roland Mainz <redacted> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> --- fs/fat/fat.h | 3 +++ fs/fat/file.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ fs/fat/namei_msdos.c | 1 + fs/fat/namei_vfat.c | 1 + 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 5a58f0bf8ce8..99ed9228a677 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ #include <linux/fs_context.h> #include <linux/fs_parser.h> +struct file_kattr; + /* * vfat shortname flags */
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@ extern void fat_truncate_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset); extern int fat_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags); +int fat_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa); extern int fat_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync);
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index becccdd2e501..37e7049b4c8c 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <linux/fsnotify.h> #include <linux/security.h> #include <linux/falloc.h> +#include <linux/fileattr.h> #include "fat.h" static long fat_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode,
@@ -398,6 +399,40 @@ void fat_truncate_blocks(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset) fat_flush_inodes(inode->i_sb, inode, NULL); } +int fat_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa) +{ + struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(dentry->d_sb); + bool case_sensitive; + + /* + * FAT filesystems are case-insensitive by default. VFAT + * becomes case-sensitive when mounted with 'check=strict', + * which installs vfat_dentry_ops. MSDOS has no such option; + * its 'nocase' mount option selects case-sensitive matching. + * + * VFAT long filename entries preserve case. Without VFAT, only + * uppercased 8.3 short names are stored. MSDOS with 'nocase' + * also preserves case. + */ + if (sbi->options.isvfat) + case_sensitive = sbi->options.name_check == 's'; + else + case_sensitive = sbi->options.nocase; + + if (!case_sensitive) { + fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD; + fa->flags |= FS_CASEFOLD_FL; + if (!sbi->options.isvfat) + fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_CASENONPRESERVING; + } + if (d_inode(dentry)->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE) { + fa->fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_IMMUTABLE; + fa->flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL; + } + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_fileattr_get); + int fat_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, unsigned int flags) {
@@ -575,5 +610,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_setattr); const struct inode_operations fat_file_inode_operations = { .setattr = fat_setattr, .getattr = fat_getattr, + .fileattr_get = fat_fileattr_get, .update_time = fat_update_time, };
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index 4cc65f330fb7..0fd2971ad4b1 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations msdos_dir_inode_operations = { .rename = msdos_rename, .setattr = fat_setattr, .getattr = fat_getattr, + .fileattr_get = fat_fileattr_get, .update_time = fat_update_time, };
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
index 918b3756674c..e909447873e3 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_vfat.c@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations vfat_dir_inode_operations = { .rename = vfat_rename2, .setattr = fat_setattr, .getattr = fat_getattr, + .fileattr_get = fat_fileattr_get, .update_time = fat_update_time, };
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