linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20230509050227.GA1180@quark.localdomain>
Date:   Mon, 8 May 2023 22:02:27 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     youling257 <youling257@...il.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.cz, hch@...radead.org, hch@....de,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, ritesh.list@...il.com, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook

On Tue, May 09, 2023 at 01:51:08AM +0800, youling257 wrote:
> I using linux mainline kernel on android. https://github.com/youling257/android-mainline/commits/6.4  https://github.com/youling257/android-mainline/commits/6.3
> "ext4: Stop providing .writepage hook" cause some android app unable to read storage/emulated/0 files, i need to say android esdfs file system storage/emulated is ext4 data/media bind mount.
> I want to ask, why android storage/emulated need .writepage hook?

"esdfs" doesn't exist upstream, so linux-ext4 can't provide support for it.

Also, it doesn't exist in the Android Common Kernels either, so the Android team
cannot help you either.

- Eric