On Wed, 2012-10-10 at 14:32 -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi Ben and Greg, > > Please consider > > 8bc2d3cf6129 eCryptfs: Unlink lower inode when ecryptfs_create() fails > e3ccaa976120 eCryptfs: Initialize empty lower files when opening them > 821f7494a776 eCryptfs: Revert to a writethrough cache model > 7149f2558d5b eCryptfs: Write out all dirty pages just before releasing the > lower file > 64e6651dcc10 eCryptfs: Call lower ->flush() from ecryptfs_flush() > > for application to the 3.0.y, 3.2.y, and 3.4.y trees. (These fixes were > all applied to mainline during the 3.6 cycle.) > > The patches apply cleanly to 3.2.y. The backport to 3.0.y would take more > work since it lacks, for example, b59db43ad443 (eCryptfs: Prevent file > create race condition, 2011-11-21). > > Patches 1-4 improve error handling and recovery. The fifth ensures > flushes get propagated to the underlying filesystem, which would be > important to avoid data loss from power loss or crashes. [...] They all sound worthwhile, and I understand they have already had some testing on Ubuntu's 3.2-based branch. Therefore, added to the queue. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Always try to do things in chronological order; it's less confusing that way.
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