Re: new version of loop.c patch

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On Sat, 2001-09-29 at 16:54, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> > 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? :-)
> In-place encryption won't work for swap-out path, sorry. VM often swaps out
> something AND still wants to use original unmodified data.
damn... forgot about that one... well would have been too elegant to be
true :-)
 
> I learned that the hard way!  :-)
btw, it's mentioned in that bsd swapspace paper as well...

regards,
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