Re: [RFC PATCH v5 02/19] fscrypt: export fscrypt_base64_encode and fscrypt_base64_decode

Eric Biggers
2021-04-08T01:06:50Z

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 01:32:10PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Ceph will need to base64-encode some encrypted filenames, so make
> these routines, and FSCRYPT_BASE64_CHARS available to modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>

It would be helpful to have a quick explanation here about *why* ceph has to do
base64 encoding/decoding itself.

- Eric