Set kernel option CONFIG_UNICODE: cannot mount ext4 filesystem with casefold option
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Description
### Windows Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1992]
### WSL Version
1.2.5.0
### Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- [X] WSL 2
- [ ] WSL 1
### Kernel Version
5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
### Distro Version
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
### Other Software
_No response_
### Repro Steps
Trying such steps with filesystem to have `casefold` option effective:
1.
`$ dd if=/dev/zero of=~/image.raw bs=1 count=1 seek=$((2**24-1))`
2.
```
$ mkfs.ext4 -O casefold ~/image.raw
mke2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
Discarding device blocks: done
Creating filesystem with 4096 4k blocks and 4096 inodes
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (1024 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
```
3.
`sudo mkdir /mnt/loopfs`
4.
`$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 ~/image.raw`
5.==> Error!
```
$ sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/loop0 /mnt/loopfs
mount: /mnt/loopfs: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
```
### Expected Behavior
If above step 2. instead done as such without `casefold` option involved:
`$ mkfs.ext4 ~/image.raw`
then other steps work just fine and have then final outcome like such:
```
$ df -kh /dev/loop0
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/loop0 11M 24K 9.9M 1% /mnt/loopfs
```
### Actual Behavior
Getting unexpected error on mount. Tried this approach via VirtualBox and same Ubuntu OS VM - works fine for casefold case, so looks like WSL specific bug.
### Diagnostic Logs
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by checking how CONFIG_UNICODE is set in the WSL 2 kernel used by 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2. Reproduce the report with the dd, mkfs.ext4 -O casefold, losetup, and mount commands on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS; done means the casefold ext4 image mounts successfully in WSL 2.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, ubuntu
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100