linux-ext4 - [Bug 112631] Cannot open encrypted Luks root filesystem

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Date:	Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:46:50 +0000
From:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 112631] Cannot open encrypted Luks root filesystem

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112631

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> ---
>From https://lwn.net/Articles/676552/

Posted Feb 20, 2016 16:33 UTC (Sat) by alonz (subscriber, #815)
Interesting... the code in cryptsetup indeed breaks the assumptions enforced by
this commit (it closed the "tfmfd" before the "opfd", while the code always
assumed the opposite and now enforces it). So it has always been "buggy but
working" – which is no excuse for breaking userspace.

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