linux-kernel - Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] [PATCH] ecryptfs: some inode attrs, and a question

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Message-ID: <12188.1232379343@jrobl>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:35:43 +0900
From:	hooanon05@...oo.co.jp
To:	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ecryptfs-devel@...ts.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] [PATCH] ecryptfs: some inode attrs, and a question 


Dave Kleikamp:
> > Does "ecryptfs_interpose() will overwrite the correct upper inode size"
> > means ecryptfs_interpose() sets a wrong value?
> 
> Yes.  ecryptfs_interpose() will copy the lower inode's size to the upper
> inode.  For an encrypted file, the lower inode will have a larger size,
> since the lower file is prefixed with a header.

I see.
I am afraid my poor English made me misunderstood.
Thank you.


J. R. Okajima
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