Eric Biggers writes:
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 05:20:56PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
>> Eric Biggers writes:
>>
>> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:47:36PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
>> >> /*
>> >> * When d_splice_alias() moves a directory's no-key alias to its
>> >>
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 05:20:56PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> Eric Biggers writes:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:47:36PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> >> /*
> >> * When d_splice_alias() moves a directory's no-key alias to its plaintext
> >> alias
> >> * as a result
Eric Biggers writes:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:47:36PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
>> /*
>> * When d_splice_alias() moves a directory's no-key alias to its plaintext
>> alias
>> * as a result of the encryption key being added, DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME must be
>> * cleared. Note that
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 03:47:36PM -0300, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> /*
> * When d_splice_alias() moves a directory's no-key alias to its plaintext
> alias
> * as a result of the encryption key being added, DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME must be
> * cleared. Note that we don't have to support
>From fscrypt perspective, once the key is available, the dentry will
remain valid until evicted for other reasons, since keyed dentries don't
require revalidation and, if the key is removed, the dentry is
forcefully evicted. Therefore, we don't need to keep revalidating them
repeatedly.
Hello,
kernel test robot noticed "BUG:kernel_NULL_pointer_dereference,address" on:
commit: 1cfe4ba685d9eb6123648a0d9bef2d3d57b078ef ("[PATCH v3 04/10] fscrypt:
Drop d_revalidate once the key is added")
url:
>From fscrypt perspective, once the key is available, the dentry will
remain valid until evicted for other reasons, since keyed dentries don't
require revalidation and, if the key is removed, the dentry is
forcefully evicted. Therefore, we don't need to keep revalidating them
repeatedly.
