From: Jari Ruusu Subject: Announce loop-AES-v3.6a file/swap crypto package Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:46:18 +0200 Message-ID: <4D3E71BA.6CAA2BE8@users.sourceforge.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mailq2.tnnet.fi ([217.112.254.233]:53404 "EHLO mailq2.tnnet.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751245Ab1AYGxE (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:53:04 -0500 Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: loop-AES changes since previous release: - Worked around block layer interface breakage on 2.6.32.x, 2.6.36.x, and 2.6.37-rc kernels. - Queue code removal/rewrite for all 2.6.x kernels. This fixes a SMP race when more than one helper thread (per loop device) was used. Default was/is one helper thread. This race could leave backing device in "plugged" state when it should have been "unplugged". This race was introduced in loop-AES-v3.5a, and affected only 2.6.37 and later kernels. - Merged two loop kernel 2.6.x code bases back into one. This unfortunately re-introduces lots of #ifdef spaghetti. bzip2 compressed tarball is here: http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES/loop-AES-v3.6a.tar.bz2 md5sum 196d082506f2b3d94528f9e8f5b9074f http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/loop-AES/loop-AES-v3.6a.tar.bz2.sign -- Jari Ruusu 1024R/3A220F51 5B 4B F9 BB D3 3F 52 E9 DB 1D EB E3 24 0E A9 DD