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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/fs.h11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
index 2ea4c81df08f..bd87262f2e34 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
@@ -395,7 +395,16 @@ struct file_attr {
#define FS_DAX_FL 0x02000000 /* Inode is DAX */
#define FS_INLINE_DATA_FL 0x10000000 /* Reserved for ext4 */
#define FS_PROJINHERIT_FL 0x20000000 /* Create with parents projid */
-#define FS_CASEFOLD_FL 0x40000000 /* Folder is case insensitive */
+/*
+ * FS_CASEFOLD_FL indicates case-insensitive name lookup. The
+ * bit is most often reported on directories, where it controls
+ * lookups of entries within. Filesystems that derive
+ * case-insensitivity from mount or volume state may also report
+ * it on non-directory inodes; userspace must not assume the bit
+ * is directory-only. FS_XFLAG_CASEFOLD reports the same
+ * information read-only via FS_IOC_FSGETXATTR.
+ */
+#define FS_CASEFOLD_FL 0x40000000
#define FS_RESERVED_FL 0x80000000 /* reserved for ext2 lib */
#define FS_FL_USER_VISIBLE 0x0003DFFF /* User visible flags */