[PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Tyler Hicks]

When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").

This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
spotted during code review.

Tyler

Tyler Hicks (2):
  ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of
    start_creating()/end_removing()
  ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir

 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


base-commit: 9448598b22c50c8a5bb77a9103e2d49f134c9578
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 1/2] ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of start_creating()/end_removing()

[Tyler Hicks]

The ecryptfs_start_creating_dentry() function must be paired with the
end_creating() function. Fix ecryptfs_mknod() so that end_creating() is
properly called in the return path, instead of end_removing().

Fixes: f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs")
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index 3978248247dc..e73d9de676a6 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ ecryptfs_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir);
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir);
 out:
-	end_removing(lower_dentry);
+	end_creating(lower_dentry);
 	if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
 		d_drop(dentry);
 	return rc;
-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH 2/2] ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir

[Tyler Hicks]

Fix a mkdir-induced usage count imbalance that tripped a umount_check()
BUG while unmounting the lower filesystem. Commit f046fbb4d81d
("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs") added a new
dget() of the lower parent dir, in ecryptfs_mkdir(), but did not dput()
the dentry before returning from that function.

The BUG output as seen while running the eCryptfs test suite:

$ ./run_tests.sh -b 131072 -c safe,destructive -f ext4 -K -t lp-926292.sh
...
Running eCryptfs filesystem tests on ext4
lp-926292
------------[ cut here ]------------
BUG: Dentry ffff8e6692d11988{i=c,n=ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FXZuRGZL7QAFtER.JeA46DtdKqkkQx9H2Vpmv234J5CU8YSsrUwZJK4AbXbrN5WkZ348wnqstovKKxA-}  still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 loop0]
WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 950 at fs/dcache.c:1590 umount_check+0x5e/0x80
Modules linked in: md5 libmd5 ecryptfs encrypted_keys ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2
CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 950 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1-00013-gf046fbb4d81d #17 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5e/0x80
Code: 88 38 06 00 00 48 8b 40 28 4c 8b 08 48 8b 46 68 48 85 c0 74 04 48 8b 50 38 51 48 c7 c7 60 32 9c b5 48 89 f1 e8 43 5e ca ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 58 31 c0 e9 46 9d 6c 00 41 83 f8 01 75 b8 eb a3 66 66
RSP: 0018:ffffa19940c4bdd0 EFLAGS: 00010282
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e6692fad4c0 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffa19940c4bc70 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ffffffffb4eb5930 R08: 00000000ffffdfff R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 00000000ffffdfff R11: ffffffffb5c8a9e0 R12: ffff8e6692fad4c0
R13: ffff8e6692fad4c0 R14: ffff8e6692d11a40 R15: ffff8e6692d11988
FS:  00007f6b4b491800(0000) GS:ffff8e670506e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f6b4b5f8d40 CR3: 0000000114eb7001 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 d_walk+0xfd/0x370
 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x4d/0x140
 generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160
 kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40
 ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40 [ext4]
 deactivate_locked_super+0x33/0xa0
 cleanup_mnt+0xba/0x150
 task_work_run+0x5c/0xa0
 exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xac/0xb0
 do_syscall_64+0x2ab/0xfa0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
RIP: 0033:0x7f6b4b6c2a2b
Code: c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 31 f6 e9 05 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 b9 83 0d 00 f7 d8
RSP: 002b:00007ffcd5b8b498 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000055b84af0b9e0 RCX: 00007f6b4b6c2a2b
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000055b84af0bdf0
RBP: 00007ffcd5b8b570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000103 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055b84af0bae0
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000055b84af0bdf0 R15: 0000000000000000
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
EXT4-fs (loop0): unmounting filesystem 00d9ea41-f61e-43d0-a449-6be03e7e8428.
EXT4-fs (loop0): sb orphan head is 12
sb_info orphan list:
  inode loop0:12 at ffff8e66950e1df0: mode 40700, nlink 0, next 0
Assertion failure in ext4_put_super() at fs/ext4/super.c:1345: 'list_empty(&sbi->s_orphan)'

Fixes: f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs")
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com>
---
 fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
index e73d9de676a6..8ab014db3e03 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
 	fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir);
 	set_nlink(dir, lower_dir->i_nlink);
 out:
+	dput(lower_dir_dentry);
 	end_creating(lower_dentry);
 	if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
 		d_drop(dentry);
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH 1/2] ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of start_creating()/end_removing()

[Amir Goldstein]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com> wrote:
>
> The ecryptfs_start_creating_dentry() function must be paired with the
> end_creating() function. Fix ecryptfs_mknod() so that end_creating() is
> properly called in the return path, instead of end_removing().
>
> Fixes: f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs")
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com>
> ---
>  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> index 3978248247dc..e73d9de676a6 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> @@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ ecryptfs_mknod(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
>         fsstack_copy_attr_times(dir, lower_dir);
>         fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir);
>  out:
> -       end_removing(lower_dentry);
> +       end_creating(lower_dentry);
>         if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
>                 d_drop(dentry);
>         return rc;
> --

Doh! Who's the dummy who reviewed this patch :-/

FWIW now

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>

Thanks,
Amir.

> 2.43.0
>

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Amir Goldstein]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com> wrote:
>
> When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
>
> This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> spotted during code review.
>

Ouch!

Christian,

In retrospect, it's a shame that patches get merged with zero test coverage
and no ACK from the maintainer.

OTOH, relying on ACKs from all fs maintainers will seriously impair
the ability to make vfs wide changes like this one.

Feels like we need to find a better balance.

At least for ecryptfs, if we know that Tyler is at least testing rc1
regularly (?) that's a comfort.

Thanks,
Amir.

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir

[Amir Goldstein]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com> wrote:
>
> Fix a mkdir-induced usage count imbalance that tripped a umount_check()
> BUG while unmounting the lower filesystem. Commit f046fbb4d81d
> ("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs") added a new
> dget() of the lower parent dir, in ecryptfs_mkdir(), but did not dput()
> the dentry before returning from that function.
>
> The BUG output as seen while running the eCryptfs test suite:
>
> $ ./run_tests.sh -b 131072 -c safe,destructive -f ext4 -K -t lp-926292.sh
> ...
> Running eCryptfs filesystem tests on ext4
> lp-926292
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> BUG: Dentry ffff8e6692d11988{i=c,n=ECRYPTFS_FNEK_ENCRYPTED.FXZuRGZL7QAFtER.JeA46DtdKqkkQx9H2Vpmv234J5CU8YSsrUwZJK4AbXbrN5WkZ348wnqstovKKxA-}  still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 loop0]
> WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 950 at fs/dcache.c:1590 umount_check+0x5e/0x80
> Modules linked in: md5 libmd5 ecryptfs encrypted_keys ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2
> CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 950 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.18.0-rc1-00013-gf046fbb4d81d #17 PREEMPT(full)
> Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
> RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5e/0x80
> Code: 88 38 06 00 00 48 8b 40 28 4c 8b 08 48 8b 46 68 48 85 c0 74 04 48 8b 50 38 51 48 c7 c7 60 32 9c b5 48 89 f1 e8 43 5e ca ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 58 31 c0 e9 46 9d 6c 00 41 83 f8 01 75 b8 eb a3 66 66
> RSP: 0018:ffffa19940c4bdd0 EFLAGS: 00010282
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8e6692fad4c0 RCX: 0000000000000000
> RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: ffffa19940c4bc70 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
> RBP: ffffffffb4eb5930 R08: 00000000ffffdfff R09: 0000000000000001
> R10: 00000000ffffdfff R11: ffffffffb5c8a9e0 R12: ffff8e6692fad4c0
> R13: ffff8e6692fad4c0 R14: ffff8e6692d11a40 R15: ffff8e6692d11988
> FS:  00007f6b4b491800(0000) GS:ffff8e670506e000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> CR2: 00007f6b4b5f8d40 CR3: 0000000114eb7001 CR4: 0000000000772ef0
> PKRU: 55555554
> Call Trace:
>  <TASK>
>  d_walk+0xfd/0x370
>  shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x4d/0x140
>  generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160
>  kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40
>  ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40 [ext4]
>  deactivate_locked_super+0x33/0xa0
>  cleanup_mnt+0xba/0x150
>  task_work_run+0x5c/0xa0
>  exit_to_user_mode_loop+0xac/0xb0
>  do_syscall_64+0x2ab/0xfa0
>  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
> RIP: 0033:0x7f6b4b6c2a2b
> Code: c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 f3 0f 1e fa 31 f6 e9 05 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa b8 a6 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 05 c3 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 b9 83 0d 00 f7 d8
> RSP: 002b:00007ffcd5b8b498 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a6
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000055b84af0b9e0 RCX: 00007f6b4b6c2a2b
> RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 000055b84af0bdf0
> RBP: 00007ffcd5b8b570 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
> R10: 0000000000000103 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 000055b84af0bae0
> R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000055b84af0bdf0 R15: 0000000000000000
>  </TASK>
> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
> EXT4-fs (loop0): unmounting filesystem 00d9ea41-f61e-43d0-a449-6be03e7e8428.
> EXT4-fs (loop0): sb orphan head is 12
> sb_info orphan list:
>   inode loop0:12 at ffff8e66950e1df0: mode 40700, nlink 0, next 0
> Assertion failure in ext4_put_super() at fs/ext4/super.c:1345: 'list_empty(&sbi->s_orphan)'
>
> Fixes: f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs")
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com>
> ---
>  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> index e73d9de676a6..8ab014db3e03 100644
> --- a/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/inode.c
> @@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ static struct dentry *ecryptfs_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
>         fsstack_copy_inode_size(dir, lower_dir);
>         set_nlink(dir, lower_dir->i_nlink);
>  out:
> +       dput(lower_dir_dentry);
>         end_creating(lower_dentry);
>         if (d_really_is_negative(dentry))
>                 d_drop(dentry);
> --
> 2.43.0
>

Damn! I doubt that these bugs would have gone unnoticed by
LLM reviews... :-/

Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>

Thanks,
Amir.

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Christian Brauner]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:41:51 -0600, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
> 
> This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> spotted during code review.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/2] ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of start_creating()/end_removing()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/5f9ad16bccd3
[2/2] ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/5c56afd204ad

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Tyler Hicks]

On 2025-12-24 07:31:59, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM Tyler Hicks <code@tyhicks.com> wrote:
> >
> > When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> > from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> > down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> > use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
> >
> > This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> > spotted during code review.
> >
> 
> Ouch!
> 
> Christian,
> 
> In retrospect, it's a shame that patches get merged with zero test coverage
> and no ACK from the maintainer.

I wasn't able to be a very active maintainer over the last year. I think
Christian did the right thing here.

> OTOH, relying on ACKs from all fs maintainers will seriously impair
> the ability to make vfs wide changes like this one.

Exactly. The fringe filesystems shouldn't slow down the entire VFS.

> Feels like we need to find a better balance.
> 
> At least for ecryptfs, if we know that Tyler is at least testing rc1
> regularly (?) that's a comfort.

I will be more active going forward and now have an easy setup for
testing rc1's regularly.

Tyler

> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[NeilBrown]

On Wed, 24 Dec 2025, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
> 
> This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> spotted during code review.
> 
> Tyler
> 
> Tyler Hicks (2):
>   ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of
>     start_creating()/end_removing()
>   ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir
> 
>  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks for finding and fixing these.
both
  Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>

I note that in https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZCuSLNnFQEdOHW0c@sequoia/ you
said of ecryptfs:

    I'll send a patch to deprecate and mark for removal in 2025.

Did it ever get marked for removal?  Is there a chance that it might be
removed?

Thanks,
NeilBrown

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Amir Goldstein]

On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM NeilBrown <neilb@ownmail.net> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Dec 2025, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> > When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> > from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> > down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> > use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
> >
> > This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> > spotted during code review.
> >
> > Tyler
> >
> > Tyler Hicks (2):
> >   ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of
> >     start_creating()/end_removing()
> >   ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir
> >
> >  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Thanks for finding and fixing these.
> both
>   Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
>
> I note that in https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZCuSLNnFQEdOHW0c@sequoia/ you
> said of ecryptfs:
>
>     I'll send a patch to deprecate and mark for removal in 2025.
>
> Did it ever get marked for removal?  Is there a chance that it might be
> removed?

If it does get removed I wonder how I and other users would access my
ecryptfs folders?

It sounds to me like the road to deprecation should go through creating
a FUSE alternative in ecryptfs-utils, before the kernel driver is deprecated.

Tyler, are there any problems with doing that?
I could give it a shot if I have your blessing.

Thanks,
Amir.

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix two regressions from start_creating()/start_removing() conversion

[Tyler Hicks]

On 2025-12-27 19:15:18, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM NeilBrown <neilb@ownmail.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 24 Dec 2025, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> > > When running the eCryptfs test suite on v6.19-rc2, I noticed BUG splats
> > > from every test and that the umount utility was segfaulting when tearing
> > > down after a test. Bisection led me to commit f046fbb4d81d ("ecryptfs:
> > > use new start_creating/start_removing APIs").
> > >
> > > This patch series addresses that regression and also a mknod problem
> > > spotted during code review.
> > >
> > > Tyler
> > >
> > > Tyler Hicks (2):
> > >   ecryptfs: Fix improper mknod pairing of
> > >     start_creating()/end_removing()
> > >   ecryptfs: Release lower parent dentry after creating dir
> > >
> > >  fs/ecryptfs/inode.c | 3 ++-
> > >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > Thanks for finding and fixing these.
> > both
> >   Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
> >
> > I note that in https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZCuSLNnFQEdOHW0c@sequoia/ you
> > said of ecryptfs:
> >
> >     I'll send a patch to deprecate and mark for removal in 2025.
> >
> > Did it ever get marked for removal?  Is there a chance that it might be
> > removed?

I never did that, as I did hear from some folks that depend on it. Not a
lot of people but there were some.

> If it does get removed I wonder how I and other users would access my
> ecryptfs folders?

I have thought about stripping out the write abilities, after a warning
period, so that existing files could be read and migrated away but it
wouldn't grow new users.

> It sounds to me like the road to deprecation should go through creating
> a FUSE alternative in ecryptfs-utils, before the kernel driver is deprecated.
> 
> Tyler, are there any problems with doing that?
> I could give it a shot if I have your blessing.

That is a nice idea and I'd be happy if you did it! Do note that
ecryptfs-utils is even more stale than the kernel driver and hasn't seen
a release in a very long time. It is still stored in bzr instead of
git!

I'm not sure if Dustin Kirkland (cc'ed) has the bandwidth to make new
ecryptfs-utils releases to deliver a FUSE alternative but, if not, it
could be a good time to move to git and host new releases on GitHub or
maybe kernel.org.

Tyler

> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.