This release, we add support for inline encryption via the blk-crypto
framework which was added in 5.8. Now when an ext4 or f2fs filesystem
is mounted with '-o inlinecrypt', the contents of encrypted files will
be encrypted/decrypted via blk-crypto, instead of directly using the
crypto API. This model allows taking advantage of the inline encryption
hardware that is integrated into the UFS or eMMC host controllers on
most mobile SoCs. Note that this is just an alternate implementation;
the ciphertext written to disk stays the same.
(This pull request does *not* include support for direct I/O on
encrypted files, which blk-crypto makes possible, since that part is
still being discussed.)
Besides the above feature update, there are also a few fixes and
cleanups, e.g. strengthening some memory barriers that may be too weak.
All these patches have been in linux-next with no reported issues. I've
also tested them with the fscrypt xfstests, as usual. It's also been
tested that the inline encryption support works with the support for
Qualcomm and Mediatek inline encryption hardware that will be in the
scsi pull request for 5.9. Also, several SoC vendors are already using
a previous, functionally equivalent version of these patches.
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Merge tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/fscrypt
Pull fscrypt updates from Eric Biggers:
"This release, we add support for inline encryption via the blk-crypto
framework which was added in 5.8.
Now when an ext4 or f2fs filesystem is mounted with '-o inlinecrypt',
the contents of encrypted files will be encrypted/decrypted via
blk-crypto, instead of directly using the crypto API. This model
allows taking advantage of the inline encryption hardware that is
integrated into the UFS or eMMC host controllers on most mobile SoCs.
Note that this is just an alternate implementation; the ciphertext
written to disk stays the same.
(This pull request does *not* include support for direct I/O on
encrypted files, which blk-crypto makes possible, since that part is
still being discussed.)
Besides the above feature update, there are also a few fixes and
cleanups, e.g. strengthening some memory barriers that may be too
weak.
All these patches have been in linux-next with no reported issues.
I've also tested them with the fscrypt xfstests, as usual. It's also
been tested that the inline encryption support works with the support
for Qualcomm and Mediatek inline encryption hardware that will be in
the scsi pull request for 5.9. Also, several SoC vendors are already
using a previous, functionally equivalent version of these patches"
* tag 'fscrypt-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/fscrypt:
fscrypt: don't load ->i_crypt_info before it's known to be valid
fscrypt: document inline encryption support
fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for ->i_crypt_info
fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for ->s_master_keys
fscrypt: use smp_load_acquire() for fscrypt_prepared_key
fscrypt: switch fscrypt_do_sha256() to use the SHA-256 library
fscrypt: restrict IV_INO_LBLK_* to AES-256-XTS
fscrypt: rename FS_KEY_DERIVATION_NONCE_SIZE
fscrypt: add comments that describe the HKDF info strings
ext4: add inline encryption support
f2fs: add inline encryption support
fscrypt: add inline encryption support
fs: introduce SB_INLINECRYPT