From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
lsf-pc@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [LSF/MM TOPIC] Inline encryption support for block devices
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:29:09 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12132.1483741749@warthog.procyon.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161216173219.rbh6scyk3kpd6by6@thunk.org>
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
> Many embedded SOC's are using in-line encryption engines (ICE) to
> accelerate encryption to storage devices. The way they work is that
> the ICE unit is located between the memory and the flash or other
> storage device, and when the OS submits the I/O, it includes an
> encryption key identifier, indicating which key (out of a small number
> that have been loaded into the ICE hardware) should be used. The
> hardware then takes care of doing the encryption without needing to
> keep the CPU busy doing the encryption, and without needing to use
> bounce buffers when writing encrypted blocks.
I would be interested in joining this discussion as I've been working on
keyrings and crypto facilities inside the kernel.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-06 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-12-16 17:32 [LSF/MM TOPIC] Inline encryption support for block devices Theodore Ts'o
2017-01-06 22:29 ` David Howells [this message]
2017-01-24 22:55 ` Michael Halcrow
2017-01-24 23:16 ` [Lsf-pc] " James Bottomley
2017-01-12 13:36 ` Lukas Czerner
2017-01-12 16:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
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