linux-ext4 - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/4] f2fs: don't bother checking for encryption key in ->mmap()

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 21:38:40 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@...il.com>, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 2/4] f2fs: don't bother checking for encryption
 key in ->mmap()

On 2017/5/23 8:39, Eric Biggers wrote:
> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
> 
> Since only an open file can be mmap'ed, and we only allow open()ing an
> encrypted file when its key is available, there is no need to check for
> the key again before permitting each mmap().
> 
> This f2fs copy of this code was also broken in that it wouldn't actually
> have failed if the key was in fact unavailable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,

> ---
>  fs/f2fs/file.c | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> index 61af721329fa..ff4db3efc0ac 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
> @@ -415,14 +415,6 @@ static int f2fs_file_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
>  	int err;
>  
> -	if (f2fs_encrypted_inode(inode)) {
> -		err = fscrypt_get_encryption_info(inode);
> -		if (err)
> -			return 0;
> -		if (!f2fs_encrypted_inode(inode))
> -			return -ENOKEY;
> -	}
> -
>  	/* we don't need to use inline_data strictly */
>  	err = f2fs_convert_inline_inode(inode);
>  	if (err)
>