Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] dm-inlinecrypt: add target for inline block device encryption

I committed the patches, thanks.

Mikulas



On Thu, 30 Apr 2026, Linlin Zhang wrote:

> This patch series is based on Eric�s work posted at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> 
> Eric�s patches introduce a new dm target, dm-inlinecrypt, to support inline
> block-device encryption. The implementation builds on the work previously done
> in Android�s dm-default-key, but intentionally drops passthrough support,
> as that functionality does not appear likely to be accepted upstream in the
> near future. With this limitation, dm-inlinecrypt is positioned as a
> practical replacement for dm-crypt, rather than a general passthrough
> mechanism.
> 
> On top of Eric�s series, keyring key support is added in dm-inlinecrypt. Thus,
> both keyring key and hex key are feasible for dm-inlinecrypt. In addition,
> dm-inlinecrypt.rst is added as the user-guide of dm-inlinecrypt.
> 
> V2:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> 
> V1:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
> 
> Eric Biggers (2):
>   block: export blk-crypto symbols required by dm-inlinecrypt
>   dm-inlinecrypt: add target for inline block device encryption
> 
> Linlin Zhang (1):
>   dm: add documentation for dm-inlinecrypt target
> 
>  .../device-mapper/dm-inlinecrypt.rst          | 123 ++++
>  block/blk-crypto.c                            |   3 +
>  drivers/md/Kconfig                            |  11 +
>  drivers/md/Makefile                           |   1 +
>  drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c                   | 596 ++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 734 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-inlinecrypt.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/md/dm-inlinecrypt.c
> 
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> 2.34.1
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