Linux: Add support for Btrfs filesystem when creating volumes

src/Core/VolumeCreator.h

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 #include "Platform/Platform.h"
 #include "Volume/Volume.h"
 #include "RandomNumberGenerator.h"
+#if defined (TC_LINUX)
+#include "Platform/Unix/Process.h"
+#endif
+
+#define VC_MIN_BTRFS_VOLUME_SIZE 114294784ULL
 
 namespace VeraCrypt
 {
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				Ext2,
 				Ext3,
 				Ext4,
+				Btrfs,
 				MacOsExt,
 				APFS,
 				UFS
@@ -63,6 +69,55 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				return VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::FAT;
 #endif
 			}
+
+			static const char* GetFsFormatter (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Enum fsType)
+			{
+				switch (fsType)
+				{
+	#if defined (TC_LINUX)
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext2:		return "mkfs.ext2";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext3:		return "mkfs.ext3";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4:		return "mkfs.ext4";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS:		return "mkfs.ntfs";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		return "mkfs.exfat";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs:		return "mkfs.btrfs";
+	#elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt:	return "newfs_hfs";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		return "newfs_exfat";
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::APFS:		return "newfs_apfs";
+	#elif defined (TC_FREEBSD) || defined (TC_SOLARIS)
+				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::UFS:		return "newfs" ;
+	#endif
+				default: return NULL;
+				}
+			}
+
+			static bool IsFsFormatterPresent (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Enum fsType)
+			{
+				bool bRet = false;
+				const char* fsFormatter = GetFsFormatter (fsType);
+				if (fsFormatter)
+				{
+#if defined (TC_LINUX)
+					try
+					{
+						list <string> args;
+
+						args.push_back ("-V");
+						Process::Execute (fsFormatter, args);
+
+						bRet = true;
+					}
+					catch (exception &e)
+					{
+					}
+#else
+					bRet = true;
+#endif
+				}
+
+				return bRet;
+			}
 		};
 
 		FilesystemType::Enum Filesystem;

src/Main/CommandLineInterface.cpp

@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS;
 				else if (str.IsSameAs (L"exFAT", false))
 					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT;
+				else if (str.IsSameAs (L"Btrfs", false))
+					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs;
 #elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
 				else if (	str.IsSameAs (L"HFS", false)
 						|| 	str.IsSameAs (L"HFS+", false)
@@ -328,6 +330,8 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				}
 				else if (str.IsSameAs (L"exFAT", false))
 					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT;
+				else if (str.IsSameAs (L"Btrfs", false))
+					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs;
 				else if (str.IsSameAs (L"APFS", false))
 					ArgFilesystem = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::APFS;
 #elif defined (TC_FREEBSD) || defined (TC_SOLARIS)

src/Main/Forms/VolumeCreationWizard.cpp

@@ -466,25 +466,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 
 #ifdef TC_UNIX
 				// Format non-FAT filesystem
-				const char *fsFormatter = nullptr;
+				const char *fsFormatter = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::GetFsFormatter (SelectedFilesystemType);
-
-				switch (SelectedFilesystemType)
-				{
-#if defined (TC_LINUX)
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext2:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext2"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext3:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext3"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext4"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ntfs"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.exfat"; break;
-#elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt:	fsFormatter = "newfs_hfs"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		fsFormatter = "newfs_exfat"; break;
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::APFS:		fsFormatter = "newfs_apfs"; break;
-#elif defined (TC_FREEBSD) || defined (TC_SOLARIS)
-				case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::UFS:		fsFormatter = "newfs" ; break;
-#endif
-				default: break;
-				}
 
 				if (fsFormatter)
 				{
@@ -544,6 +526,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 					if (SelectedFilesystemType == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS)
 						args.push_back ("-f");
 
+					if (SelectedFilesystemType == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs)
+						args.push_back ("-f");
+
 					args.push_back (string (virtualDevice));
 
 					Process::Execute (fsFormatter, args);

src/Main/Forms/VolumeFormatOptionsWizardPage.cpp

@@ -35,9 +35,19 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 #elif defined (TC_LINUX)
 		FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"Linux Ext2",		(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext2);
 		FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"Linux Ext3",		(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext3);
+		if (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::IsFsFormatterPresent (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4))
 			FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"Linux Ext4",		(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4);		
+		if (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::IsFsFormatterPresent (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS))
 			FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"NTFS",				(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS);
+		if (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::IsFsFormatterPresent (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT))
 			FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"exFAT",				(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT);
+		if (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::IsFsFormatterPresent (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs))
+		{
+			uint64 minVolumeSizeForBtrfs = VC_MIN_BTRFS_VOLUME_SIZE + (uint64) (VC_MAX (TC_TOTAL_VOLUME_HEADERS_SIZE, TC_HIDDEN_VOLUME_HOST_FS_RESERVED_END_AREA_SIZE_HIGH));
+			// minimum size to be able to format as Btrfs is 114294784 bytes
+			if (volumeSize >= minVolumeSizeForBtrfs)
+				FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"Btrfs",				(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs);
+		}
 #elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
 		FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"Mac OS Extended",	(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt);
 		FilesystemTypeChoice->Append (L"exFAT",				(void *) VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT);
@@ -83,6 +93,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext2:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"Linux Ext2"); break;
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext3:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"Linux Ext3"); break;
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"Linux Ext4"); break;
+		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"Btrfs"); break;
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt:	FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"Mac OS Extended"); break;
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::APFS:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"APFS"); break;
 		case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::UFS:		FilesystemTypeChoice->SetStringSelection (L"UFS"); break;

src/Main/TextUserInterface.cpp

@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 				ShowInfo (L" 5) Linux Ext4"); filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4);
 				ShowInfo (L" 6) NTFS");       filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS);
 				ShowInfo (L" 7) exFAT");      filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT);
+				ShowInfo (L" 8) Btrfs");      filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs);
 #elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
 				ShowInfo (L" 3) Mac OS Extended"); filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt);
 				ShowInfo (L" 4) exFAT");      filesystems.push_back (VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT);
@@ -808,6 +809,12 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			throw_err (_("Specified volume size cannot be used with FAT filesystem."));
 		}
 
+		if (options->Filesystem == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs
+			&& (filesystemSize < VC_MIN_BTRFS_VOLUME_SIZE))
+		{
+			throw_err (_("Specified volume size is too small to be used with Btrfs filesystem."));
+		}
+
 		// Password
 		if (!options->Password && !Preferences.NonInteractive)
 		{
@@ -875,25 +882,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 		if (options->Filesystem != VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::None
 			&& options->Filesystem != VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::FAT)
 		{
-			const char *fsFormatter = nullptr;
+			const char *fsFormatter = VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::GetFsFormatter (options->Filesystem);
-
+			if (!fsFormatter)
-			switch (options->Filesystem)
+				throw ParameterIncorrect (SRC_POS);
-			{
-#if defined (TC_LINUX)
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext2:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext2"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext3:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext3"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Ext4:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ext4"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.ntfs"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		fsFormatter = "mkfs.exfat"; break;
-#elif defined (TC_MACOSX)
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::MacOsExt:	fsFormatter = "newfs_hfs"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::exFAT:		fsFormatter = "newfs_exfat"; break;
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::APFS:		fsFormatter = "newfs_apfs"; break;
-#elif defined (TC_FREEBSD) || defined (TC_SOLARIS)
-			case VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::UFS:		fsFormatter = "newfs" ; break;
-#endif
-			default: throw ParameterIncorrect (SRC_POS);
-			}
 
 			MountOptions mountOptions (GetPreferences().DefaultMountOptions);
 			mountOptions.Path = make_shared <VolumePath> (options->Path);
@@ -947,6 +938,9 @@ namespace VeraCrypt
 			if (options->Filesystem == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::NTFS)
 				args.push_back ("-f");
 
+			if (options->Filesystem == VolumeCreationOptions::FilesystemType::Btrfs)
+				args.push_back ("-f");
+
 			args.push_back (string (virtualDevice));
 
 			Process::Execute (fsFormatter, args);