Re: [PATCH] fscrypt: Update encryption policy version docs
Eric Biggers <[email protected]> Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:47:28 -0700
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-fscrypt,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <20260720174728.GF1865@quark> |
On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 02:25:26PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote: > Update the wording of the documentation to put v1 encryption policies a > bit more firmly in the past, explicitly calling them "deprecated" (which > is consistent with the warning message the kernel has printed ever since > v5.4). Do the same for FS_IOC_GET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY which supports only > v1 policies, and remove the explicit recommendation to fall back to it. > > Also clarify that reusing master keys across policies isn't the best > practice or normal usage, even though it's technically allowed for v2. > > Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <[email protected]> > --- > > This patch is targeting the fscrypt tree Applied to https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/fscrypt/linux.git/log/?h=for-next - Eric