On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:17:33 -0600 Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 08:05:30PM -0600, Trevor Highland wrote: > > eCryptfs: Load each file decryption key only once > > > > There is no need to keep re-setting the same key for any given > > eCryptfs inode. This patch optimizes the use of the crypto API and > > helps performance a bit. > > There is no reason for the crypt_stat->key value for any given > eCryptfs inode to change during the life of the inode, and each > crypt_stat gets its own crypto transform, so I do not see a problem > with Trevor's suggestion. It will save unnecessary calls to > crypto_blkcipher_setkey(), and I expect it will speed things up a > little. > > I include an updated patch against 2.6.24-rc7. > Your new patch clashes horridly with the pending ecryptfs-set-inode-key-only-once-per-crypto-operation.patch. I shall drop ecryptfs-load-each-file-decryption-key-only-once.patch and shall then sit back and sulk. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
