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From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
To: Satya Tangirala <satyat@google.com>
Cc: linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
	Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] fscrypt: document inline encryption support
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:01:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200722170144.GC3912099@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200720233739.824943-7-satyat@google.com>

On 07/20, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> Update the fscrypt documentation file for inline encryption support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satya Tangirala <satyat@google.com>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
> index f5d8b0303ddf..ec81598477fc 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
> @@ -1204,6 +1204,18 @@ buffer.  Some filesystems, such as UBIFS, already use temporary
>  buffers regardless of encryption.  Other filesystems, such as ext4 and
>  F2FS, have to allocate bounce pages specially for encryption.
>  
> +Fscrypt is also able to use inline encryption hardware instead of the
> +kernel crypto API for en/decryption of file contents.  When possible,
> +and if directed to do so (by specifying the 'inlinecrypt' mount option
> +for an ext4/F2FS filesystem), it adds encryption contexts to bios and
> +uses blk-crypto to perform the en/decryption instead of making use of
> +the above read/write path changes.  Of course, even if directed to
> +make use of inline encryption, fscrypt will only be able to do so if
> +either hardware inline encryption support is available for the
> +selected encryption algorithm or CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK
> +is selected.  If neither is the case, fscrypt will fall back to using
> +the above mentioned read/write path changes for en/decryption.
> +
>  Filename hashing and encoding
>  -----------------------------
>  
> @@ -1250,7 +1262,9 @@ Tests
>  
>  To test fscrypt, use xfstests, which is Linux's de facto standard
>  filesystem test suite.  First, run all the tests in the "encrypt"
> -group on the relevant filesystem(s).  For example, to test ext4 and
> +group on the relevant filesystem(s).  One can also run the tests
> +with the 'inlinecrypt' mount option to test the implementation for
> +inline encryption support.  For example, to test ext4 and
>  f2fs encryption using `kvm-xfstests
>  <https://github.com/tytso/xfstests-bld/blob/master/Documentation/kvm-quickstart.md>`_::
>  
> -- 
> 2.28.0.rc0.105.gf9edc3c819-goog

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-22 17:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-20 23:37 [PATCH v4 0/7] add support for direct I/O with fscrypt using blk-crypto Satya Tangirala
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] fscrypt: Add functions for direct I/O support Satya Tangirala
2020-07-22 17:04   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] direct-io: add support for fscrypt using blk-crypto Satya Tangirala
2020-07-22 17:05   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] iomap: support direct I/O with " Satya Tangirala
2020-07-22 17:06   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-22 21:16   ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-22 22:34     ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-22 22:44       ` Matthew Wilcox
2020-07-22 23:12         ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-22 23:26       ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-22 23:32         ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-07-22 23:43           ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-23 22:07       ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-23 23:03         ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-24  1:39           ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-24  3:46             ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-24  5:31               ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-24 17:41                 ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-25 23:47                   ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-25 23:59                     ` Dave Chinner
2020-07-26  2:42                     ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-27 17:16                       ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] ext4: " Satya Tangirala
2020-07-22 17:07   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] f2fs: " Satya Tangirala
2020-07-21 20:11   ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] fscrypt: document inline encryption support Satya Tangirala
2020-07-22 17:01   ` Jaegeuk Kim [this message]
2020-07-20 23:37 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] fscrypt: update documentation for direct I/O support Satya Tangirala
2020-07-21  0:47   ` Eric Biggers
2020-07-22 16:57     ` Jaegeuk Kim
2020-07-21  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] add support for direct I/O with fscrypt using blk-crypto Eric Biggers

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