> another nice thing is, that the other 2.4.10 changes to loop.c allow us > to get rid of one buffer-allocate+copy-overhead, by the use of > LO_FLAGS_BH_REMAP, so we can use in-place encryption... > > now I've got only to audit the ciphers to check, whether they are safe > regarding in-place operation...ps: this should allow swap encryption over loop devices, without the need for pre-allocated buffers as worked around in loop-AES...
jari, can you confirm this? :-)
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