linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 crypto: Do not select from EXT4_FS

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Date:	Mon, 4 May 2015 09:00:16 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@....fi>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: ext4 crypto: Do not select from EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION

On Sun, May 03, 2015 at 05:11:18PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>
> Thanks for pointing out problem in the commit message.  I guess I
> wasn't reading all that carefully, but started experimenting, and came
> up with some case where, if they aren't lack _bugs_, do constrain
> flexibility a little.  You are correct that various crypto modules can
> still be built as modules even if ext4 is a module and
> EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION is 'y'.  The main issue that I was able to find is
> that if ext4 is _not_ a module, then it also forces the crypto modules
> to also be built in.

Sorry for the confusion.  Please just revert my patch.

I was trying to figure out what was causing various crypto modules
to be built-in in my test config and this was the latest change that
*looked* as if it might have caused my problem.  Obviously I didn't
test it properly after making that change.

It should just be reverted because if ext4 was built-in then you
do want to have the crypto stuff built-in just in case the root fs
was encrypted.

Cheers,
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