linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v9 08/11] fs: introduce SB

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Message-ID: <20200326055616.GE858@sol.localdomain>
Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:56:16 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Satya Tangirala <satyat@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Barani Muthukumaran <bmuthuku@....qualcomm.com>,
        Kuohong Wang <kuohong.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Kim Boojin <boojin.kim@...sung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 08/11] fs: introduce SB_INLINECRYPT

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 08:06:59PM -0700, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> Introduce SB_INLINECRYPT, which is set by filesystems that wish to use
> blk-crypto for file content en/decryption.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satya Tangirala <satyat@...gle.com>

This commit message could use a better explanation.  E.g. this flag maps to the
'-o inlinecrypt' mount option which multiple filesystems will implement, and
code in fs/crypto/ needs to be able to check for this mount option in a
filesystem-independent way.

- Eric