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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:36 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-18 18:50:36 +0000 |
commit | 50ba0232fd5312410f1b65247e774244f89a628e (patch) | |
tree | fd8f2fc78e9e548af0ff9590276602ee6125be00 /Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | |
parent | Releasing progress-linux version 6.7.12-1~progress7.99u1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.8.9.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index 1b84f818e5..e86b886b64 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ However, except for filenames, fscrypt does not encrypt filesystem metadata. Unlike eCryptfs, which is a stacked filesystem, fscrypt is integrated -directly into supported filesystems --- currently ext4, F2FS, and -UBIFS. This allows encrypted files to be read and written without -caching both the decrypted and encrypted pages in the pagecache, -thereby nearly halving the memory used and bringing it in line with -unencrypted files. Similarly, half as many dentries and inodes are -needed. eCryptfs also limits encrypted filenames to 143 bytes, -causing application compatibility issues; fscrypt allows the full 255 -bytes (NAME_MAX). Finally, unlike eCryptfs, the fscrypt API can be -used by unprivileged users, with no need to mount anything. +directly into supported filesystems --- currently ext4, F2FS, UBIFS, +and CephFS. This allows encrypted files to be read and written +without caching both the decrypted and encrypted pages in the +pagecache, thereby nearly halving the memory used and bringing it in +line with unencrypted files. Similarly, half as many dentries and +inodes are needed. eCryptfs also limits encrypted filenames to 143 +bytes, causing application compatibility issues; fscrypt allows the +full 255 bytes (NAME_MAX). Finally, unlike eCryptfs, the fscrypt API +can be used by unprivileged users, with no need to mount anything. fscrypt does not support encrypting files in-place. Instead, it supports marking an empty directory as encrypted. Then, after @@ -1382,7 +1382,8 @@ directory.) These structs are defined as follows:: u8 contents_encryption_mode; u8 filenames_encryption_mode; u8 flags; - u8 __reserved[4]; + u8 log2_data_unit_size; + u8 __reserved[3]; u8 master_key_identifier[FSCRYPT_KEY_IDENTIFIER_SIZE]; u8 nonce[FSCRYPT_FILE_NONCE_SIZE]; }; |