linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] eCryptfs updates for 2.6.39-rc1

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Message-ID: <4D930AF0.2050708@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:50:24 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ecryptfs-devel@...ts.launchpad.net
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] eCryptfs updates for 2.6.39-rc1

On 03/28/2011 05:02 PM, Tyler Hicks wrote:
> Hi Linus,
>
> The eCryptfs patches for 2.6.39-rc1 are mainly fixes. Roberto's patches
> add key locking so keys aren't modified underneath us. Thieu's patch
> moves encryption to writepage so userspace isn't waiting on page
> encryption during each write(). My patches remove a wasteful
> encrypt/write operation during file creation and fix a missing page
> unlock in an error path.
>
> The following changes since commit 40471856f2e38e9bfa8d605295e8234421110dd6:
>
>    Merge branch 'nfs-for-2.6.39' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 (2011-03-25 10:03:28 -0700)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ecryptfs/ecryptfs-2.6.git for-linus
>
> Roberto Sassu (6):
>        eCryptfs: ecryptfs_keyring_auth_tok_for_sig() bug fix
>        eCryptfs: removed num_global_auth_toks from ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat
>        eCryptfs: modified size of keysig in the ecryptfs_key_sig structure
>        eCryptfs: verify authentication tokens before their use
>        eCryptfs: move ecryptfs_find_auth_tok_for_sig() call before mutex_lock
>        eCryptfs: write lock requested keys
>
> Thieu Le (1):
>        ecryptfs: modify write path to encrypt page in writepage
>
> Tyler Hicks (3):
>        eCryptfs: Remove unnecessary grow_file() function
>        eCryptfs: Remove ECRYPTFS_NEW_FILE crypt stat flag
>        eCryptfs: Unlock page in write_begin error path

Is "eCryptfs: Handle failed metadata read in lookup" going into 2.6.39?

Paolo
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