On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 04:03:14AM +0000, Daniel Rosenberg wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h > index a8f7a43f031b..df2c66ca370e 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h > +++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h > @@ -741,8 +741,9 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_rename(struct inode *old_dir, > * directory's encryption key is available, then the lookup is assumed to be by > * plaintext name; otherwise, it is assumed to be by no-key name. > * > - * This also installs a custom ->d_revalidate() method which will invalidate the > - * dentry if it was created without the key and the key is later added. > + * After calling this function, a filesystem should ensure that its dentry > + * operations contain fscrypt_d_revalidate if DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME was set, > + * so that the dentry can be invalidated if the key is later added. > * > * Return: 0 on success; -ENOENT if the directory's key is unavailable but the > * filename isn't a valid no-key name, so a negative dentry should be created; This should say DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME, not DCACHE_ENCRYPTED_NAME. But more importantly, the explanation here isn't very clear. How about the following instead: * This will set DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME on the dentry if the lookup is by no-key * name. In this case the filesystem must assign the dentry a dentry_operations * which contains fscrypt_d_revalidate (or contains a d_revalidate method that * calls fscrypt_d_revalidate), so that the dentry will be invalidated if the * directory's encryption key is later added.