> > passed index as IV. It is already part of the disk format. The only
> > way to change it is to add new vectors to loop_func_table and keep
> > the absolute offset for the old files. Then new encryption modules
> > could use the changed format, but old ones would still work with the
> > known limitations.
>
> Oh, please. Decrypt the thing with old kernel and reencrypt it with new one.
> Problem solved. Or use the trivial userland program to switch the format -
> FIBMAP is alive and well, so you can get the disk block number from userland.
There are people with gigabyte encrypted file systems, there are people who want
to be able to switch back and forth between old and new kernels. You broke it
plain and simple. You made a gratuitious on disk format change that isnt
needed.
Alan
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