On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 09:37:25AM -0700, Jaegeuk Kim wrote: > I agree that I must follow FS convention here. > But, in order to make this clear out, could you please elaborate why this is > not > allowed? > > I wrote this patch totally based on per-file encryption in which users cannot > access their files if they have no right key. > The only difference is that this controls user access with a key only, neither > encrypting file data nor dentries. > > This was initiated by UX in android letting nobody be able to access the files > that owner wants to protect by passcode or fingerprint. > > Does it make no sense to support this by filesystems?
I don't think it does. But if you want to argue for it you should a) support it in the VFS b) document the exact semantics c) ensure linux-man and linux-api are on the Cc list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Linux-f2fs-devel mailing list Linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-f2fs-devel
