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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2021 23:53:50 -0700 From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> To: linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fscrypt: remove mention of symlink st_size quirk from documentation From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> Now that the correct st_size is reported for encrypted symlinks on all filesystems, update the documentation accordingly. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com> --- Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index 44b67ebd6e40..02ec57818920 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -1063,11 +1063,6 @@ astute users may notice some differences in behavior: - DAX (Direct Access) is not supported on encrypted files. -- The st_size of an encrypted symlink will not necessarily give the - length of the symlink target as required by POSIX. It will actually - give the length of the ciphertext, which will be slightly longer - than the plaintext due to NUL-padding and an extra 2-byte overhead. - - The maximum length of an encrypted symlink is 2 bytes shorter than the maximum length of an unencrypted symlink. For example, on an EXT4 filesystem with a 4K block size, unencrypted symlinks can be up -- 2.32.0
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