Re: [PATCH 0/13: eCryptfs] eCryptfs Patch Set

Nick Piggin
2006-05-13T04:21:40Z

Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> This patch set constitutes the 0.1.7 release of the eCryptfs
> cryptographic filesystem:
>
> http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/
>
> It includes numerous updates based on comments on the 0.1.6 submission
> made on May 4th. The only functional change worth noting is the
> removal of the unnecessary second read in ecryptfs_get1page() and
> ecryptfs_do_readpage().
>
> This patch set was produced and tested against the 2.6.17-rc3-mm1
> release of the kernel.

BTW. I'm not sure if linux-fsdevel has different conventions; however
usually you don't break up a patch according to files, but logical
components or transformations from one "sane" kernel tree to the next.
And that means things keep compiling and working.

Sometimes big patches are justified.

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