Re: [PATCH 0/13: eCryptfs] eCryptfs Patch Set

From: Michael Thompson
Date: Sat May 13 2006 - 12:20:42 EST


On 5/12/06, Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Phillip Hellewell wrote:
> This patch set constitutes the 0.1.7 release of the eCryptfs
> cryptographic filesystem:
>
> http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/
>
> It includes numerous updates based on comments on the 0.1.6 submission
> made on May 4th. The only functional change worth noting is the
> removal of the unnecessary second read in ecryptfs_get1page() and
> ecryptfs_do_readpage().
>
> This patch set was produced and tested against the 2.6.17-rc3-mm1
> release of the kernel.

BTW. I'm not sure if linux-fsdevel has different conventions; however
usually you don't break up a patch according to files, but logical
components or transformations from one "sane" kernel tree to the next.
And that means things keep compiling and working.

The files themselves are broken down into logical components, so the
per-file patch approach seems reasonable to me.

Sometimes big patches are justified.

This patch format (a whole repost) was requested.

Thanks,
Mike

--
Michael C. Thompson <mcthomps@xxxxxxxxxx>
Software-Engineer, IBM LTC Security
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