linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] (UPDATED) ecryptfs: check for existing key

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Message-Id: <20071222162516.df6fe557.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:25:16 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@...ibm.com>, mike@...crow.us,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] (UPDATED) ecryptfs: check for existing key_tfm at mount
 time

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:42:37 -0600 Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> wrote:

> Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> > It would all look a lot more solid if this locking was retained and both
> > ecryptfs_tfm_exists() and ecryptfs_add_new_key_tfm() were designed to be
> > called under key_tfm_list_mutex.
> 
> Hmm good point, sorry for missing that.  How's this look?

key_tfm_list_mutex gets used in fs/ecryptfs/main.c but it is static in
fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c

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