[PATCH v2 13/17] fscrypt: Remove fscrypt_dio_supported()

Eric Biggers <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jul 2026 12:45:50 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fscrypt,net.sourceforge.lists.linux-f2fs-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On block-based filesystems, fscrypt file contents encryption is now
always implemented using blk-crypto.  This implementation supports
direct I/O.

Therefore, fscrypt_dio_supported() now always returns true, except in
the edge case where statx(STATX_DIOALIGN) is called on an encrypted
regular file that hasn't had its key set up.  But that was really a
workaround rather than the desired behavior, so we can disregard it.

Thus, fscrypt_dio_supported() is no longer needed.  Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]>
---
 fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c | 43 ----------------------------------------
 fs/ext4/inode.c          |  5 +----
 fs/f2fs/file.c           |  2 --
 include/linux/fscrypt.h  |  7 -------
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c b/fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c
index 685815fa71a6..14c8af322c2f 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/inline_crypt.c
@@ -298,49 +298,6 @@ bool fscrypt_mergeable_bio(struct bio *bio, const struct inode *inode,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_mergeable_bio);
 
-/**
- * fscrypt_dio_supported() - check whether DIO (direct I/O) is supported on an
- *			     inode, as far as encryption is concerned
- * @inode: the inode in question
- *
- * Return: %true if there are no encryption constraints that prevent DIO from
- *	   being supported; %false if DIO is unsupported.  (Note that in the
- *	   %true case, the filesystem might have other, non-encryption-related
- *	   constraints that prevent DIO from actually being supported.  Also, on
- *	   encrypted files the filesystem is still responsible for only allowing
- *	   DIO when requests are filesystem-block-aligned.)
- */
-bool fscrypt_dio_supported(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	int err;
-
-	/* If the file is unencrypted, no veto from us. */
-	if (!fscrypt_needs_contents_encryption(inode))
-		return true;
-
-	/*
-	 * We only support DIO with inline crypto, not fs-layer crypto.
-	 *
-	 * To determine whether the inode is using inline crypto, we have to set
-	 * up the key if it wasn't already done.  This is because in the current
-	 * design of fscrypt, the decision of whether to use inline crypto or
-	 * not isn't made until the inode's encryption key is being set up.  In
-	 * the DIO read/write case, the key will always be set up already, since
-	 * the file will be open.  But in the case of statx(), the key might not
-	 * be set up yet, as the file might not have been opened yet.
-	 */
-	err = fscrypt_require_key(inode);
-	if (err) {
-		/*
-		 * Key unavailable or couldn't be set up.  This edge case isn't
-		 * worth worrying about; just report that DIO is unsupported.
-		 */
-		return false;
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fscrypt_dio_supported);
-
 /**
  * fscrypt_limit_io_blocks() - limit I/O blocks to avoid discontiguous DUNs
  * @inode: the file on which I/O is being done
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index c6faa7c751ca..dd321aaa8779 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6146,11 +6146,8 @@ u32 ext4_dio_alignment(struct inode *inode)
 		return 0;
 	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
 		return 0;
-	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode)) {
-		if (!fscrypt_dio_supported(inode))
-			return 0;
+	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode))
 		return i_blocksize(inode);
-	}
 	return 1; /* use the iomap defaults */
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/file.c b/fs/f2fs/file.c
index 4b52c56d71f0..ace2e00fec75 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/file.c
@@ -950,8 +950,6 @@ static bool f2fs_force_buffered_io(struct inode *inode, int rw)
 {
 	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(inode);
 
-	if (!fscrypt_dio_supported(inode))
-		return true;
 	if (fsverity_active(inode))
 		return true;
 	if (f2fs_compressed_file(inode))
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index 8d19b95150f1..43bafdd67dd7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -870,8 +870,6 @@ void fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx(struct bio *bio, const struct inode *inode,
 bool fscrypt_mergeable_bio(struct bio *bio, const struct inode *inode,
 			   loff_t pos);
 
-bool fscrypt_dio_supported(struct inode *inode);
-
 u64 fscrypt_limit_io_blocks(const struct inode *inode, u64 lblk, u64 nr_blocks);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION_INLINE_CRYPT */
@@ -887,11 +885,6 @@ static inline bool fscrypt_mergeable_bio(struct bio *bio,
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline bool fscrypt_dio_supported(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return !fscrypt_needs_contents_encryption(inode);
-}
-
 static inline u64 fscrypt_limit_io_blocks(const struct inode *inode, u64 lblk,
 					  u64 nr_blocks)
 {
-- 
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