[PATCH 1/6] fs/ntfs3: add fileattr support

From: Konstantin Komarov

Date: Tue May 26 2026 - 09:53:16 EST


Implement fileattr_get() and fileattr_set() to fix a problem found
during the internal testing.

This allows ntfs3 to expose and modify inode flags through the generic
file attribute interface used by FS_IOC_GETFLAGS and FS_IOC_SETFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs3/file.c | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/ntfs3/inode.c | 2 ++
fs/ntfs3/namei.c | 4 +++
fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h | 6 ++++
4 files changed, 91 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/file.c b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
index b041639ab406..f421a36b1ed6 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/file.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/file.c
@@ -89,6 +89,80 @@ static int ntfs_ioctl_fitrim(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, unsigned long arg)
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * ntfs_fileattr_get - inode_operations::fileattr_get
+ */
+int ntfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+ struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
+ u32 flags = 0;
+
+ /* Avoid any operation if inode is bad. */
+ if (unlikely(is_bad_ni(ni)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (inode->i_flags & S_IMMUTABLE)
+ flags |= FS_IMMUTABLE_FL;
+
+ if (inode->i_flags & S_APPEND)
+ flags |= FS_APPEND_FL;
+
+ if (is_compressed(ni))
+ flags |= FS_COMPR_FL;
+
+ if (is_encrypted(ni))
+ flags |= FS_ENCRYPT_FL;
+
+ if (ni->nodump)
+ flags |= FS_NODUMP_FL;
+
+ fileattr_fill_flags(fa, flags);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ntfs_fileattr_set - inode_operations::fileattr_set
+ */
+int ntfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct file_kattr *fa)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry);
+ struct ntfs_inode *ni = ntfs_i(inode);
+ u32 flags = fa->flags;
+ unsigned int new_fl = 0;
+
+ /* Avoid any operation if inode is bad. */
+ if (unlikely(is_bad_ni(ni)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (fileattr_has_fsx(fa))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (flags & ~(FS_IMMUTABLE_FL | FS_APPEND_FL | FS_NODUMP_FL))
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (flags & FS_IMMUTABLE_FL)
+ new_fl |= S_IMMUTABLE;
+
+ if (flags & FS_APPEND_FL)
+ new_fl |= S_APPEND;
+
+ inode_set_flags(inode, new_fl, S_IMMUTABLE | S_APPEND);
+
+ /* Save nodump flag to return in ntfs_getattr. */
+ if (flags & FS_NODUMP_FL)
+ ni->nodump = 1;
+ else
+ ni->nodump = 0;
+
+ inode_set_ctime_current(inode);
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int ntfs_ioctl_get_volume_label(struct ntfs_sb_info *sbi, u8 __user *buf)
{
if (copy_to_user(buf, sbi->volume.label, FSLABEL_MAX))
@@ -203,6 +277,9 @@ int ntfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
if (inode->i_flags & S_APPEND)
stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_APPEND;

+ if (ni->nodump)
+ stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_NODUMP;
+
if (is_compressed(ni))
stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED;

@@ -1547,6 +1624,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ntfs_file_inode_operations = {
.get_acl = ntfs_get_acl,
.set_acl = ntfs_set_acl,
.fiemap = ntfs_fiemap,
+ .fileattr_get = ntfs_fileattr_get,
+ .fileattr_set = ntfs_fileattr_set,
};

const struct file_operations ntfs_file_operations = {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
index 42af1abe17f8..356fc94c5a18 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/inode.c
@@ -2095,6 +2095,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ntfs_link_inode_operations = {
.get_link = ntfs_get_link,
.setattr = ntfs_setattr,
.listxattr = ntfs_listxattr,
+ .fileattr_get = ntfs_fileattr_get,
+ .fileattr_set = ntfs_fileattr_set,
};

const struct address_space_operations ntfs_aops = {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
index 64cde1a856f4..c59de5f2fa97 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c
@@ -518,6 +518,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ntfs_dir_inode_operations = {
.getattr = ntfs_getattr,
.listxattr = ntfs_listxattr,
.fiemap = ntfs_fiemap,
+ .fileattr_get = ntfs_fileattr_get,
+ .fileattr_set = ntfs_fileattr_set,
};

const struct inode_operations ntfs_special_inode_operations = {
@@ -526,6 +528,8 @@ const struct inode_operations ntfs_special_inode_operations = {
.listxattr = ntfs_listxattr,
.get_acl = ntfs_get_acl,
.set_acl = ntfs_set_acl,
+ .fileattr_get = ntfs_fileattr_get,
+ .fileattr_set = ntfs_fileattr_set,
};

const struct dentry_operations ntfs_dentry_ops = {
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
index d53febc2559c..9939556dcdc1 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/ntfs_fs.h
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ struct ntfs_inode {
*/
u8 ni_bad;

+ /* Keep track of FS_NODUMP_FL. */
+ u8 nodump;
+
union {
struct ntfs_index dir;
struct {
@@ -529,6 +532,9 @@ bool dir_is_empty(struct inode *dir);
extern const struct file_operations ntfs_dir_operations;

/* Globals from file.c */
+int ntfs_fileattr_get(struct dentry *dentry, struct file_kattr *fa);
+int ntfs_fileattr_set(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
+ struct file_kattr *fa);
int ntfs_getattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, const struct path *path,
struct kstat *stat, u32 request_mask, u32 flags);
int ntfs_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
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