[PATCH RESEND 09/11] cifs: Create native Window socket file compatible also with WSL subsystem
From: Pali Rohár
Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 14:53:51 EST
After creating a native socket via the IO_REPARSE_TAG_AF_UNIX reparse
point, try to set also the WSL EA $LXMOD.
This makes the native Win32 / NT socket file recognized also under
WSL subsystem. WSL subsystem uses same reparse point tag but requires also
to be EA $LXMOD set.
Fixes: 45a99d5d1173 ("cifs: Add support for creating native Windows sockets")
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/smb/client/reparse.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
index e2ea59a17c9c..50eeea127a42 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/reparse.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static int detect_directory_symlink_target(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
static int create_native_socket(const unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
struct dentry *dentry, struct cifs_tcon *tcon,
- const char *full_path)
+ const char *full_path, umode_t mode)
{
struct reparse_data_buffer buf = {
.ReparseTag = cpu_to_le32(IO_REPARSE_TAG_AF_UNIX),
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ static int create_native_socket(const unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
.iov_base = &buf,
.iov_len = sizeof(buf),
};
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
+ const __le64 xattr_mode_val = cpu_to_le64(mode);
+ struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb);
+#endif
struct inode *new;
int rc = 0;
@@ -408,6 +412,28 @@ static int create_native_socket(const unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
d_instantiate(dentry, new);
else
rc = PTR_ERR(new);
+
+ /*
+ * Try to set also optional WSL EA $LXMOD but ignore errors.
+ * WSL socket and native Win32/NT sockets uses same reparse point
+ * tag IO_REPARSE_TAG_AF_UNIX. WSL subsystem additionally requires
+ * EA $LXMOD to be set with the S_IFSOCK value. So setting this EA
+ * allows native socket to be recognized also by WSL subsystem.
+ * Note that setting of both EAs and reparse points is not supported
+ * by NTFS filesystem on Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 and always
+ * fails. So ignore failures from this set_EA call.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_XATTR
+ if (!rc && tcon->ses->server->ops->set_EA &&
+ (le32_to_cpu(tcon->fsAttrInfo.Attributes) & FILE_SUPPORTS_EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES))
+ tcon->ses->server->ops->set_EA(xid, tcon, full_path,
+ true /* open reparse point */,
+ SMB2_WSL_XATTR_MODE,
+ &xattr_mode_val,
+ SMB2_WSL_XATTR_MODE_SIZE,
+ cifs_sb->local_nls, cifs_sb);
+#endif
+
cifs_free_open_info(&data);
return rc;
}
@@ -717,7 +743,7 @@ int mknod_reparse(unsigned int xid, struct inode *inode,
struct smb3_fs_context *ctx = CIFS_SB(inode->i_sb)->ctx;
if (S_ISSOCK(mode) && !ctx->nonativesocket && ctx->reparse_type != CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_NONE)
- return create_native_socket(xid, inode, dentry, tcon, full_path);
+ return create_native_socket(xid, inode, dentry, tcon, full_path, mode);
switch (ctx->reparse_type) {
case CIFS_REPARSE_TYPE_NFS:
--
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