Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] fscrypt: export fscrypt_d_revalidate()

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:47:21PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> 
> Dentries that represent no-key names must have a dentry_operations that
> includes fscrypt_d_revalidate().  Currently, this is handled by
> fscrypt_prepare_lookup() installing fscrypt_d_ops.
> 
> However, ceph support for encryption
> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914191707.380444-1-jlayton@kernel.org)
> can't use fscrypt_d_ops, since ceph already has its own
> dentry_operations.
> 
> Similarly, ext4 and f2fs support for directories that are both encrypted
> and casefolded
> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200923010151.69506-1-drosen@google.com)
> can't use fscrypt_d_ops either, since casefolding requires some dentry
> operations too.
> 
> To satisfy both users, we need to move the responsibility of installing
> the dentry_operations to filesystems.
> 
> In preparation for this, export fscrypt_d_revalidate() and give it a
> !CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION stub.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
> ---
> 
> Compared to the versions of this patch from Jeff and Daniel, I've
> improved the commit message and added a !CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION stub,
> which was missing.  I'm planning to apply this for 5.10 in preparation
> for both the ceph patchset and the encrypt+casefold patchset.
> 
> 
>  fs/crypto/fname.c       | 3 ++-
>  include/linux/fscrypt.h | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to fscrypt.git#master for 5.10.

- Eric


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