linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: use IS_ENCRYPTED() to check encryption status

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Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 16:35:11 -0800
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: use IS_ENCRYPTED() to check encryption status

Hi Chandan,

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:53:18AM +0530, Chandan Rajendra wrote:
> @@ -4724,7 +4724,7 @@ static bool ext4_should_use_dax(struct inode *inode)
>  		return false;
>  	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
>  		return false;
> -	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
> +	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode))
>  		return false;
>  	if (ext4_verity_inode(inode))
>  		return false;

I think this part is wrong.  See how ext4_should_use_dax() is called from
ext4_set_inode_flags(), from ext4_set_context().  In this case,
ext4_set_inode_flags() should set S_ENCRYPTED and clear S_DAX.  However, you've
changed ext4_should_use_dax() to check S_ENCRYPTED instead of EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL;
but S_ENCRYPTED isn't set until later in ext4_set_inode_flags(), so S_DAX won't
be cleared anymore.

So I think you need to use ext4_test_inode_flag() here instead.

Similarly for the verity check.

- Eric