From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267014AbUBROFS (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:05:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267237AbUBROFS (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:05:18 -0500 Received: from ultra12.almamedia.fi ([193.209.83.38]:11980 "EHLO ultra12.almamedia.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267014AbUBROFM (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:05:12 -0500 Message-ID: <4033714A.FFFEBD6C@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:06:02 +0200 From: Jari Ruusu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.22aa1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan Rychter Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Oopsing cryptoapi (or loop device?) on 2.6.* References: <402A4B52.1080800@centrum.cz> <402A7765.FD5A7F9E@users.sourceforge.net> <402F877C.C9B693C1@users.sourceforge.net> <40322094.83061A32@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jan Rychter wrote: > Jari> Do you mind doing a a quick grep: > > Jari> cd /path/to/your/kernel/source grep "Jari Ruusu" > Jari> drivers/block/loop.c > > Jari> If you see my name there, your kerneli.org cryptoapi enabled > Jari> kernel is running same loop code I wrote years ago. Those > Jari> loop-jari-something patches that you find on the net, are just > Jari> copies of old loop-AES code. > > No, it is not running this code. The code that works well for me is the > external cryptoapi (as modules) with last update in Feb 2002. Then you are running loop that fails in few seconds using my tests. > How do you get a file-backed encrypted filesystem to work under Linux > 2.4.24? Writable file backed loops received death sentence when GFP_NOFS was introduced to kernel, and they have been on death row since then. The best way is to set up partition backed loop using loop-AES. Mainline loop is still prone to deadlock, both file backed and device backed. -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD