From: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com>
To: Daniel Vacek <neelx@suse.com>, Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Cc: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>,
linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] btrfs-progs: print encryptin type field of file extents
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 16:26:31 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <628d90f5-f2d5-4b67-929f-ad7835e7fd89@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPjX3Ff_iG5B=uJp9uJZPVGGbAhp9fErVkHxdOLr5EZNGPMZXg@mail.gmail.com>
在 2026/7/2 16:18, Daniel Vacek 写道:
> On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 at 08:19, Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com> wrote:
>> 在 2026/7/2 15:10, Daniel Vacek 写道:
>>> On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 at 00:26, Qu Wenruo <quwenruo.btrfs@gmx.com> wrote:
>>>> 在 2026/7/2 01:29, Daniel Vacek 写道:
>>>>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 at 01:50, Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 在 2026/6/25 02:21, Daniel Vacek 写道:
>>>>>>> From: Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Encrypted file extents now have the 'encryption' field set to an
>>>>>>> encryption type. Let's print it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Sweet Tea Dorminy <sweettea-kernel@dorminy.me>
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vacek <neelx@suse.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> check/main.c | 1 -
>>>>>>> kernel-shared/print-tree.c | 2 ++
>>>>>>> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/check/main.c b/check/main.c
>>>>>>> index dedb4db4..a32247b3 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/check/main.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/check/main.c
>>>>>>> @@ -1778,7 +1778,6 @@ static int process_file_extent(struct btrfs_root *root,
>>>>>>> rec->errors |= I_ERR_BAD_FILE_EXTENT;
>>>>>>> if (extent_type == BTRFS_FILE_EXTENT_PREALLOC &&
>>>>>>> (btrfs_file_extent_compression(eb, fi) ||
>>>>>>> - btrfs_file_extent_encryption(eb, fi) ||
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May I ask why preallocated file extent would have encryption value set?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My common sense says that encryption policy should only be set for
>>>>>> regular file extents.
>>>>>
>>>>> There's nothing wrong with pre-allocating encrypted files. Unlike
>>>>> compression, the exact size is known beforehand.
>>>>
>>>> IN that case, does it mean even a hole will have encryption value set?
>>>>
>>>> This looks weird. Is there any special reason for setting encryption
>>>> value for hole/preallocated range?
>>>>
>>>> Can't we only set the encryption value only for regular,
>>>> non-preallocated extents?
>>>
>>> What's so weird about it? Since the inode is encrypted, related parts are too.
>>
>> Inodes can have PREALLOC flags, but the file extents are not all
>> preallocated.
>>
>> Inode can also have COMPRESS flag, but the file extents are not all
>> compressed either.
>>
>> Inode flags are independent from file extent flags from the very beginning.
>
> Encryption is not compression. I'm not sure it makes sense to compare
> them this way.
> We don't want to have some parts of a file encrypted and some plain.
> A file is either fully encrypted or not at all.
Then you're only cheating yourself.
A simple tree dump can always show which range is hole and which is
preallocated.
> In that sense we are being a bit more strict than what you may be used to. See?
>
> --nX
>
>>>
>>> --nX
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Qu
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Simillar to NOCOW, the encrypted data will be stored with the next write.
>>>>>
>>>>> --nX
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Qu
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> btrfs_file_extent_other_encoding(eb, fi)))
>>>>>>> rec->errors |= I_ERR_BAD_FILE_EXTENT;
>>>>>>> if (compression && rec->nodatasum)
>>>>>>> diff --git a/kernel-shared/print-tree.c b/kernel-shared/print-tree.c
>>>>>>> index 0afa3696..159f0825 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/kernel-shared/print-tree.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/kernel-shared/print-tree.c
>>>>>>> @@ -471,6 +471,8 @@ static void print_file_extent_item(struct extent_buffer *eb,
>>>>>>> printf("\t\textent compression %hhu (%s)\n",
>>>>>>> btrfs_file_extent_compression(eb, fi),
>>>>>>> compress_str);
>>>>>>> + printf("\t\textent encryption %hhu\n",
>>>>>>> + btrfs_file_extent_encryption(eb, fi));
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /* Caller should ensure sizeof(*ret) >= 16("DATA|TREE_BLOCK") */
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-02 6:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-24 16:51 [PATCH v2 0/8] btrfs-progs: fscrypt updates Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] btrfs-progs: check: fix max inline extent size Daniel Vacek
2026-06-25 23:40 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-01 15:47 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-07-01 22:22 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-02 5:34 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] btrfs-progs: add new FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ENCRYPT flag Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] btrfs-progs: start tracking extent encryption context info Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] btrfs-progs: add inode encryption contexts Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] btrfs-progs: print encryptin type field of file extents Daniel Vacek
2026-06-25 23:50 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-01 15:59 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-07-01 22:26 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-02 5:40 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-07-02 6:19 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-02 6:48 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-07-02 6:56 ` Qu Wenruo [this message]
2026-07-02 7:05 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-07-02 7:11 ` Qu Wenruo
2026-07-02 7:18 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] btrfs-progs: handle fscrypt context items Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] btrfs-progs: check: update inline extent length checking Daniel Vacek
2026-06-24 16:51 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] btrfs-progs: recognize ENCRYPT inode item flag Daniel Vacek
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