[PATCH v2 2/2] fat: Add FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL ioctl
From: Ethan Ferguson
Date: Tue Feb 17 2026 - 18:09:49 EST
Add support for writing to the volume label of a FAT filesystem via the
FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL ioctl.
Signed-off-by: Ethan Ferguson <ethan.ferguson@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fat/dir.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/fat/fat.h | 6 +++++
fs/fat/file.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
fs/fat/inode.c | 15 +++++++++++
fs/fat/namei_msdos.c | 4 +--
5 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fat/dir.c b/fs/fat/dir.c
index 07d95f1442c8..1b11713309ae 100644
--- a/fs/fat/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fat/dir.c
@@ -1425,3 +1425,54 @@ int fat_add_entries(struct inode *dir, void *slots, int nr_slots,
return err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_add_entries);
+
+static int fat_create_volume_label_dentry(struct super_block *sb, char *vol_label)
+{
+ struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+ struct inode *root_inode = sb->s_root->d_inode;
+ struct msdos_dir_entry de;
+ struct fat_slot_info sinfo;
+ struct timespec64 ts = current_time(root_inode);
+ __le16 date, time;
+ u8 time_cs;
+
+ memcpy(de.name, vol_label, MSDOS_NAME);
+ de.attr = ATTR_VOLUME;
+ de.starthi = de.start = de.size = de.lcase = 0;
+
+ fat_time_unix2fat(sbi, &ts, &time, &date, &time_cs);
+ de.time = time;
+ de.date = date;
+ if (sbi->options.isvfat) {
+ de.cdate = de.adate = date;
+ de.ctime = time;
+ de.ctime_cs = time_cs;
+ } else
+ de.cdate = de.adate = de.ctime = de.ctime_cs = 0;
+
+ return fat_add_entries(root_inode, &de, 1, &sinfo);
+}
+
+int fat_rename_volume_label_dentry(struct super_block *sb, char *vol_label)
+{
+ struct inode *root_inode = sb->s_root->d_inode;
+ struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+ struct msdos_dir_entry *de;
+ loff_t cpos = 0;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ while (1) {
+ if (fat_get_entry(root_inode, &cpos, &bh, &de) == -1)
+ return fat_create_volume_label_dentry(sb, vol_label);
+
+ if (de->attr == ATTR_VOLUME) {
+ memcpy(de->name, vol_label, MSDOS_NAME);
+ mark_buffer_dirty_inode(bh, root_inode);
+ if (IS_DIRSYNC(root_inode))
+ err = sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
+ brelse(bh);
+ return err;
+ }
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fat_rename_volume_label_dentry);
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.h b/fs/fat/fat.h
index 4350c00dba34..3b75223fbe76 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.h
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.h
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ extern int fat_alloc_new_dir(struct inode *dir, struct timespec64 *ts);
extern int fat_add_entries(struct inode *dir, void *slots, int nr_slots,
struct fat_slot_info *sinfo);
extern int fat_remove_entries(struct inode *dir, struct fat_slot_info *sinfo);
+extern int fat_rename_volume_label_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
+ char *vol_label);
/* fat/fatent.c */
struct fat_entry {
@@ -480,6 +482,10 @@ extern int fat_sync_bhs(struct buffer_head **bhs, int nr_bhs);
int fat_cache_init(void);
void fat_cache_destroy(void);
+/* fat/namei/msdos.c */
+int msdos_format_name(const unsigned char *name, int len,
+ unsigned char *res, struct fat_mount_options *opts);
+
/* fat/nfs.c */
extern const struct export_operations fat_export_ops;
extern const struct export_operations fat_export_ops_nostale;
diff --git a/fs/fat/file.c b/fs/fat/file.c
index 029b1750d1ec..5d445c2d8657 100644
--- a/fs/fat/file.c
+++ b/fs/fat/file.c
@@ -167,6 +167,67 @@ static int fat_ioctl_get_volume_label(struct super_block *sb, char __user *arg)
return 0;
}
+static int fat_convert_volume_label_str(struct msdos_sb_info *sbi, char *in,
+ char *out)
+{
+ int ret, in_len = max(strnlen(in, FSLABEL_MAX), 11);
+ char *needle;
+
+ /*
+ * '.' is not included in any bad_chars list in this driver,
+ * but it is specifically not allowed for volume labels
+ */
+ for (needle = in; needle - in < in_len; needle++)
+ if (*needle == '.')
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = msdos_format_name(in, in_len, out, &sbi->options);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * msdos_format_name assumes we're translating an 8.3 name, but
+ * we can handle 11 chars
+ */
+ if (in_len > 8)
+ ret = msdos_format_name(in + 8, in_len - 8, out + 8,
+ &sbi->options);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int fat_ioctl_set_volume_label(struct super_block *sb, char __user *arg)
+{
+ struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+ struct inode *root_inode = sb->s_root->d_inode;
+ char from_user[FSLABEL_MAX];
+ char new_vol_label[MSDOS_NAME];
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ if (sb_rdonly(sb))
+ return -EROFS;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(from_user, arg, FSLABEL_MAX))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ ret = fat_convert_volume_label_str(sbi, from_user, new_vol_label);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ inode_lock(root_inode);
+ ret = fat_rename_volume_label_dentry(sb, new_vol_label);
+ inode_unlock(root_inode);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ mutex_lock(&sbi->s_lock);
+ memcpy(sbi->vol_label, new_vol_label, MSDOS_NAME);
+ mutex_unlock(&sbi->s_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+
long fat_generic_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(filp);
@@ -181,6 +242,8 @@ long fat_generic_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
return fat_ioctl_get_volume_id(inode, user_attr);
case FS_IOC_GETFSLABEL:
return fat_ioctl_get_volume_label(inode->i_sb, (char __user *) arg);
+ case FS_IOC_SETFSLABEL:
+ return fat_ioctl_set_volume_label(inode->i_sb, (char __user *) arg);
case FITRIM:
return fat_ioctl_fitrim(inode, arg);
default:
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index 6f9a8cc1ad2a..a7528937383b 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -736,6 +736,21 @@ static void delayed_free(struct rcu_head *p)
static void fat_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
{
struct msdos_sb_info *sbi = MSDOS_SB(sb);
+ struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
+ struct fat_boot_sector *bs;
+
+ bh = sb_bread(sb, 0);
+ if (bh == NULL)
+ fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "unable to read boot sector");
+ else if (!sb_rdonly(sb)) {
+ bs = (struct fat_boot_sector *)bh->b_data;
+ if (is_fat32(sbi))
+ memcpy(bs->fat32.vol_label, sbi->vol_label, MSDOS_NAME);
+ else
+ memcpy(bs->fat16.vol_label, sbi->vol_label, MSDOS_NAME);
+ mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
+ }
+ brelse(bh);
fat_set_state(sb, 0, 0);
diff --git a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
index ba0152ed0810..92b5d387f88e 100644
--- a/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
+++ b/fs/fat/namei_msdos.c
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ static unsigned char bad_chars[] = "*?<>|\"";
static unsigned char bad_if_strict[] = "+=,; ";
/***** Formats an MS-DOS file name. Rejects invalid names. */
-static int msdos_format_name(const unsigned char *name, int len,
- unsigned char *res, struct fat_mount_options *opts)
+int msdos_format_name(const unsigned char *name, int len, unsigned char *res,
+ struct fat_mount_options *opts)
/*
* name is the proposed name, len is its length, res is
* the resulting name, opts->name_check is either (r)elaxed,
--
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