linux-kernel - Re: dm-crypt mount returns EINVAL

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Message-Id: <1188312354.4110.0.camel@albrecht.rdi1.com>
Date:	Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:45:53 -0400
From:	Paul Albrecht <albrecht@...1.com>
To:	Satyam Sharma <satyam@...radead.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: dm-crypt mount returns EINVAL

Hi Satyam,

On Tue, 2007-08-28 at 20:45 +0530, Satyam Sharma wrote: 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> 
> On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Paul Albrecht wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have recently upgraded my kernel to 2.6.21 from 2.6.20 and that has
> > caused a problem mounting an encrypted partition using dm-crypt.
> > 
> > In my init script, I use cryptsetup to create device which I use to
> > mount an encrypted partition. Since I changed to 2.6.21 the mount fails
> > returning an EINVAL status which doesn't make much sense because the
> > init script is unchanged and works if reverted to 2.6.20.
> > 
> > Any ideas? How can I debug this problem? I'm not subscribed to lkml so
> > please cc in your response.
> 
> What was the error you got from cryptsetup()? Also, please post the
> kernel's dmesg log and the .config of the 2.6.21 kernel (new one).
> 

There's no problem with cryptsetup; it sets up the device for decryption
and returns good status.

Can't run dmesg because the problem occurs in my init script so I don't
have a usable system after the error occurs.

I can get some usable debug output via the serial console. Attached is a
copy of output from serial console for 2.6.20 and 2.6.21. I have added
straces for cryptsetup and mount commands to my init script for debug.

> Also, compare the .config's of the two kernels and ensure that
> CONFIG_DM_CRYPT (or possibly one of the _CRYPTO_ config options)
> didn't get lost or automatically unset during the upgrade/oldconfig.
> 

Compared both config's and don't see any difference that would account
for the mount failure. 

Paul Albrecht

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