linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4.19 0/5] backport some more fscrypt fixes to 4.19

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Date:   Sun, 1 Nov 2020 11:39:06 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.19 0/5] backport some more fscrypt fixes to 4.19

On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 03:05:48PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> Backport some fscrypt fixes from upstream 5.2 to 4.19-stable.
> 
> This is needed to get 'kvm-xfstests -c ext4,f2fs,ubifs -g encrypt' to
> fully pass on 4.19-stable.  Before, generic/397 and generic/429 failed
> on UBIFS due to missing "fscrypt: fix race where ->lookup() marks
> plaintext dentry as ciphertext".
> 
> This also fixes some bugs that aren't yet covered by the xfstests.
> E.g., "fs, fscrypt: clear DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME when unaliasing
> directory" fixes a bug that caused real-world problems on Chrome OS.
> 
> Some relatively straightforward adjustments were needed to the patches,
> mainly due to the refactoring of fscrypt.h that was done in 5.1.

All now queued up, thanks!

greg k-h