From: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>
To: Henry Jensen <hjensen@gmx.de>, Kenneth Tan <gmane@way-of-the-blade.com>
Cc: ecryptfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't list directories with kernel 4.4.14 and ecryptfs
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 23:36:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <57735047.1050706@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5771AD13.2010408@canonical.com>
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On 06/27/2016 05:47 PM, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> On 06/27/2016 04:21 PM, Henry Jensen wrote:
>> Hi Tyler,
>>
>> Am 27. Juni 2016 21:19:08 MESZ, schrieb Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@canonical.com>:
>>> On 06/27/2016 11:27 AM, Henry Jensen wrote:
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using ecryptfs with Slackware current and kernel 4.4.14. In
>>> kernel
>>>> 4.4.14 was a patch introduced which make it impossilble to list the
>>>> contents of a directory.[0]
>>>>
>>>> The mount itself works, but listing a directory results in an error
>>>> "wrong medium type". Showing the contents and the file itself
>>> (presumed
>>>> the name of the file is known) works.
>>>
>>> Hi Henry - sorry for the trouble. What filesystem are you mounting
>>> eCryptfs on top of?
>>
>>
>> I use ext4. With 'ecryptfs-mount-private' $HOME/.Private is mounted on $HOME/Private.
>>
>> ecryptfs worked perfectly until I upgraded to kernel 4.4.14. I tested it on another machine with Slackware64 and a 64bit kernel now - same result.
>
> Thanks. The backported version of the patch needs to be adjusted. I'll
> try to get a patch out the stable list tomorrow.
I've sent a fix to the stable list (and cc'ed the ecryptfs list). I
tested on 4.4.y and 3.18.y on ext{2,3,4}, btrfs, and xfs. It should fix
the regression that you hit.
Tyler
>
> Tyler
>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Henry
>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-06-29 4:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-27 16:27 Can't list directories with kernel 4.4.14 and ecryptfs Henry Jensen
2016-06-27 19:19 ` Tyler Hicks
2016-06-27 21:21 ` Henry Jensen
2016-06-27 22:46 ` Kenneth Tan
2016-06-27 22:47 ` Tyler Hicks
2016-06-29 4:36 ` Tyler Hicks [this message]
2016-07-01 20:15 ` Henry Jensen
2016-07-01 21:06 ` Tyler Hicks
2016-07-01 21:16 ` Henry Jensen
2016-07-01 21:33 ` Tyler Hicks
2016-07-01 21:49 ` Henry Jensen
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