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[PATCH 0/4] gnu: Add fscrypt.

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Message #55 received at 77203-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: 45mg <45mg.writes <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77203-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Wilko Meyer <w <at> wmeyer.eu>,
 Katherine Cox-Buday <cox.katherine.e+guix <at> gmail.com>,
 Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Linux native filesystem encryption (fscrypt).
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 20:28:58 -0400

On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 06:44:40AM +0000, 45mg wrote:
> From that page and from the test I described above, it looks like
> CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION is the only option that's strictly necessary for
> the default encryption mode.
> 
> The other options mentioned in the docs seem to be either (1) for using
> other encryption modes, or (2) for hardware acceleration, which is
> platform-specific. I don't have any need for (1) so I probably won't
> look into it in the near future. Once this patch series is merged and I
> start relying on fscrypt, I should get an idea of the performance
> situation; at that point I might look into (2) if I feel that the
> un-accelerated performance isn't good enough.
> 
> (In the meantime, of course, anyone else is welcome to look into it.)

Sounds good! I pushed the patches as
bf6736bd878a14e0520a550bf8fbf8edb69876df

Thanks for working on this!

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