Re: [PATCH] eCryptfs: fix compile error

[Roberto Sassu]

On Friday, July 29, 2011 07:09:32 PM Tyler Hicks wrote:
> On Fri Jul 29, 2011 at 06:51:04PM +0200, Roberto Sassu 
<roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This patch fixes the compile error reported at the address:
> > 
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40292
> > 
> > The problem arises when compiling eCryptfs as built-in and the
> > 'encrypted' key type as a module. The patch enables the 'encrypted' key
> > type support for eCryptfs only when both components are compiled as
> > built-in, both as modules or eCryptfs as a module and the 'encrypted'
> > key type as built-in.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: David Hill <hilld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h |    4 +++-
> >  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
> > b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h index b36c557..a2da660 100644
> > --- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
> > +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
> > @@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ struct ecryptfs_page_crypt_context {
> > 
> >  	} param;
> >  
> >  };
> > 
> > -#if defined(CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS) ||
> > defined(CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS_MODULE) +#if (defined(CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS) &&
> > defined(CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS)) || \ +	(defined(CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS_MODULE)
> > && \
> > +	(defined(CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS) ||
> > defined(CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS_MODULE)))
> 
> Thanks for the patch, Roberto.
> 
> Shouldn't this be handled in the Kconfig? It seems like it would be
> better to force the encrypted key type to be built-in if eCryptfs is
> configured to be built-in.
> 
> With this patch, a user could have CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m and
> CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=y, but still hit potentially confusing error conditions
> when trying to use encrypted key support with eCryptfs.
> 

Hi Tyler

thanks for comments. I'm posting the new version
of the patch which modifies only the Kconfig file of
eCryptfs.

Roberto Sassu


> Tyler
> 
> >  static inline struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *
> >  ecryptfs_get_encrypted_key_payload_data(struct key *key)
> >  {
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