Re: [Ecryptfs-devel] [PATCH] ecryptfs: some inode attrs, and a question

From: hooanon05
Date: Mon Jan 19 2009 - 10:25:48 EST



Dave Kleikamp:
> > > For a regular file, the size of the upper inode is not the same as the
> > > size of the lower inode. The lower inode includes the header blocks
> > > which are not visible in the upper inode. So ecryptfs_interpose() will
> > > overwrite the correct upper inode size.
:::
> It's restoring i_size to the correct value after ecryptfs_interpose
> updates it with the wrong value.

Does "ecryptfs_interpose() will overwrite the correct upper inode size"
means ecryptfs_interpose() sets a wrong value?
If so, I can understand why ecryptfs_link() sets i_size.


J. R. Okajima
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