linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/7] libfs: Support revalidation of encrypted case-insensitive dentries

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2023 10:37:34 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, jaegeuk@...nel.org, ebiggers@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] libfs: Support revalidation of encrypted
 case-insensitive dentries

On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 03:46:00PM -0400, Gabriel Krisman Bertazi wrote:
> Preserve the existing behavior for encrypted directories, by rejecting
> negative dentries of encrypted+casefolded directories.  This allows
> generic_ci_d_revalidate to be used by filesystems with both features
> enabled, as long as the directory is either casefolded or encrypted, but
> not both at the same time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>

Reviewed-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>