linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs: Remove unnecessary page decrypt call

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Date:	Thu, 29 May 2008 19:17:24 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>, shaggy@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs: Remove unnecessary page decrypt call

Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 17:08:17 -0500
> Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> The page decrypt calls in ecryptfs_write() are both pointless and
>> buggy.
> 
> buggy enough to be fixed in 2.6.26?  2.6.25.x?

IMHO yes... fsx w/ mmap dies quickly ( < 100 ops) without this, and
survives nicely (to millions of ops+) with it in place.

-Eric
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