Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S942758AbcJSRgZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:36:25 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-f49.google.com ([209.85.215.49]:33302 "EHLO mail-lf0-f49.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753566AbcJSRgX (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:36:23 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0bef3877-060e-b722-0354-3a5508219e23@nod.at> References: <0bef3877-060e-b722-0354-3a5508219e23@nod.at> From: Michael Halcrow Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:36:00 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFD] Common userspace tool for fscypto To: Richard Weinberger Cc: linux-fsdevel , kzak@redhat.com, "Theodore Ts'o" , Jaegeuk Kim , Eric Biggers , David Gstir , Ext4 Developers List , linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 937 Lines: 22 On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Hi! > > Since file level encryption has more than one user, currently ext4, f2fs and soon ubifs > it would be nice to have a single tool to control fscrypto from userspace. > > For ext4 we have already at least two tools, one as part of e2fsprogs and another > one on github[0]. IMHO the latter one is much more user friendly and intuitive to use. > I as unable to find the userspace tool for f2fs. > > That said, what about implementing such a tool as part of util-linux to control > fscrypto? We (David and I) would volunteer. While discussing several changes we have staged for release (we're trying to minimize churn by batching a large set of format changes all at once), we've recently recognized this need on my team and were planning on starting work on exactly what you propose. > Thanks, > //richard > > [0] https://github.com/gdelugre/ext4-crypt