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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: Update encryption policy version docs
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:47:28 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260720174728.GF1865@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260718212526.53943-1-ebiggers@kernel.org>

On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 02:25:26PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Update the wording of the documentation to put v1 encryption policies a
> bit more firmly in the past, explicitly calling them "deprecated" (which
> is consistent with the warning message the kernel has printed ever since
> v5.4).  Do the same for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY which supports only
> v1 policies, and remove the explicit recommendation to fall back to it.
> 
> Also clarify that reusing master keys across policies isn't the best
> practice or normal usage, even though it's technically allowed for v2.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
> ---
> 
> This patch is targeting the fscrypt tree

Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/linux.git/log/?h=for-next

- Eric

      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-20 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-18 21:25 [PATCH] fscrypt: Update encryption policy version docs Eric Biggers
2026-07-20 17:47 ` Eric Biggers [this message]

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