Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] fscrypt: add flag allowing partially-encrypted directories

[Sweet Tea Dorminy]

> > diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
> > index 6020b738c3b2..fb48961c46f6 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
> > @@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ struct fscrypt_nokey_name {
> >    * pages for writes and therefore won't need the fscrypt bounce page pool.
> >    */
> >   #define FS_CFLG_OWN_PAGES (1U << 1)
> > +/* The filesystem allows partially encrypted directories/files. */
> > +#define FS_CFLG_ALLOW_PARTIAL (1U << 2)
>
> I'm very confused about what the semantics of this are.  So a directory will be
> able to contain both encrypted and unencrypted filenames?  If so, how will it be
> possible to distinguish between them? Or is it just both encrypted and
> unencrypted files (which is actually already possible, in the case where
> encrypted files are moved into an unencrypted directory)?  What sort of metadata
> is stored with the parent directory?
Yes, a directory for a filesystem with this flag could have both 
encrypted and unencrypted filenames.

When a directory switches to encrypted, the filesystem can get and store 
a fscrypt_context for it, as though it were a new directory. All new 
filenames for that directory will be encrypted, as will any filename 
lookup requests, by fscrypt_prepare_filename() since the directory has a 
context.

When a request for a lookup of a name in that directory comes in, it'll 
be an encrypted or nokey name; the directory can be searched for both 
the encrypted and unencrypted versions of that name. I don't think any 
filename collisions can result, as any encrypted filename which happens 
to match a plaintext filename will be detected as a collision when it's 
first added.

> Please note that any new semantics and APIs will need to be documented in
> Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst.
Good point.

Thanks!

Sweet Tea