Re: [PATCH v4 5/7] block: Support detached LUKS header creation using qemu-img

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 01:37:23PM +0800, yong.huang@smartx.com wrote:
> From: Hyman Huang <yong.huang@smartx.com>
> 
> Even though a LUKS header might be created with cryptsetup,
> qemu-img should be enhanced to accommodate it as well.
> 
> Add the 'detached-header' option to specify the creation of
> a detached LUKS header. This is how it is used:
> $ qemu-img create --object secret,id=sec0,data=abc123 -f luks
> > -o cipher-alg=aes-256,cipher-mode=xts -o key-secret=sec0
> > -o detached-header=true header.luks
> 
> Using qemu-img or cryptsetup tools to query information of
> an LUKS header image as follows:
> 
> Assume a detached LUKS header image has been created by:
> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=test-header.img bs=1M count=32
> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=test-payload.img bs=1M count=1000
> $ cryptsetup luksFormat --header test-header.img test-payload.img
> > --force-password --type luks1
> 
> Header image information could be queried using cryptsetup:
> $ cryptsetup luksDump test-header.img
> 
> or qemu-img:
> $ qemu-img info 'json:{"driver":"luks","file":{"filename":
> > "test-payload.img"},"header":{"filename":"test-header.img"}}'
> 
> When using qemu-img, keep in mind that the entire disk
> information specified by the JSON-format string above must be
> supplied on the commandline; if not, an overlay check will reveal
> a problem with the LUKS volume check logic.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hyman Huang <yong.huang@smartx.com>
> ---
>  block.c          |  5 ++++-
>  block/crypto.c   | 10 +++++++++-
>  block/crypto.h   |  8 ++++++++
>  qapi/crypto.json |  5 ++++-
>  4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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