@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/maple_tree.h>
 #include <linux/rw_hint.h>
+#include <linux/unicode.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/fs.h>

@@ -3456,6 +3457,50 @@ extern int generic_ci_match(const struct inode *parent,
 			    const struct qstr *folded_name,
 			    const u8 *de_name, u32 de_name_len);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
+/**
+ * generic_ci_validate_strict_name - Check if a given name is suitable
+ * for a directory
+ *
+ * This functions checks if the proposed filename is valid for the
+ * parent directory. That means that only valid UTF-8 filenames will be
+ * accepted for casefold directories from filesystems created with the
+ * strict encoding flag.  That also means that any name will be
+ * accepted for directories that doesn't have casefold enabled, or
+ * aren't being strict with the encoding.
+ *
+ * @dir: inode of the directory where the new file will be created
+ * @name: name of the new file
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * * True if the filename is suitable for this directory. It can be
+ * true if a given name is not suitable for a strict encoding
+ * directory, but the directory being used isn't strict
+ * * False if the filename isn't suitable for this directory. This only
+ * happens when a directory is casefolded and the filesystem is strict
+ * about its encoding.
+ */
+static inline bool generic_ci_validate_strict_name(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name)
+{
+	if (!IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) || !sb_has_strict_encoding(dir->i_sb))
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * A casefold dir must have a encoding set, unless the filesystem
+	 * is corrupted
+	 */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!dir->i_sb->s_encoding))
+		return true;
+
+	return !utf8_validate(dir->i_sb->s_encoding, name);
+}
+#else
+static inline bool generic_ci_validate_strict_name(struct inode *dir, struct qstr *name)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline bool sb_has_encoding(const struct super_block *sb)
 {
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)