linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 07/54] ceph: support legacy v1 encryption policy keysetup

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Message-ID: <87tubdp0hj.fsf@brahms.olymp>
Date:   Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:22:00 +0100
From:   Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
To:     Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>, ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        xiubli@...hat.com, idryomov@...il.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 07/54] ceph: support legacy v1 encryption policy
 keysetup

Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> writes:

> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 11:30:43AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> From: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
>> 
>> fstests make use of legacy keysetup where the key description uses a
>> filesystem-specific prefix.  Add this ceph-specific prefix to the
>> fscrypt_operations data structure.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
>> ---
>>  fs/ceph/crypto.c | 1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/ceph/crypto.c b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
>> index a513ff373b13..d1a6595a810f 100644
>> --- a/fs/ceph/crypto.c
>> +++ b/fs/ceph/crypto.c
>> @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static bool ceph_crypt_empty_dir(struct inode *inode)
>>  }
>>  
>>  static struct fscrypt_operations ceph_fscrypt_ops = {
>> +	.key_prefix		= "ceph:",
>>  	.get_context		= ceph_crypt_get_context,
>>  	.set_context		= ceph_crypt_set_context,
>>  	.empty_dir		= ceph_crypt_empty_dir,
>> -- 
>> 2.35.1
>> 
>
> As I mentioned before
> (https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200908042925.GI68127@sol.localdomain), I don't
> think you should do this, given that the filesystem-specific key description
> prefixes are deprecated.  In fact, they're sort of doubly deprecated, since
> first they were superseded by "fscrypt:", and then "login" keys were
> superseded by FS_IOC_ADD_ENCRYPTION_KEY.
>
> How about updating fstests to use "fscrypt:" instead of "$FSTYP:" if $FSTYP is
> not ext4 or f2fs?
>
> Or maybe fstests should just use "fscrypt:" unconditionally, given that this has
> been supported by ext4 and f2fs since 4.8, and 4.9 is now the oldest supported
> LTS kernel.

OK, makes sense.  Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll follow-up with an
fstests patch to do what you suggest (use $FSTYP only for those 2
filesystems).

Cheers,
-- 
Luís