Re: Patch: Allow Ext4 partitions with encrypted directories.

2016-11-08 Thread Samee Zahur
It should be possible, but I'm not sure if I can test that patch (both for lack of knowledge, and time constraints). I am happy to send the patch over if somebody else wants to take over testing it. Here's what my patch would probably do: In grub-core/fs/ext2.c, at the end of grub_ext2_read_inode,

Re: Patch: Allow Ext4 partitions with encrypted directories.

2016-11-06 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
03.11.2016 20:24, Samee Zahur пишет: >> Hmm ... I had to sign contributor agreement that transfers copyright >> to FSF. Not that I care personally but that may be problem ... > > Yeah, I don't personally care either. If someone at FSF raises an issue, I > can reach out to legal experts here. But t

Re: Patch: Allow Ext4 partitions with encrypted directories.

2016-11-03 Thread Samee Zahur
> Hmm ... I had to sign contributor agreement that transfers copyright > to FSF. Not that I care personally but that may be problem ... Yeah, I don't personally care either. If someone at FSF raises an issue, I can reach out to legal experts here. But this is not the first time Google (C) has been

Re: Patch: Allow Ext4 partitions with encrypted directories.

2016-11-03 Thread Andrei Borzenkov
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 12:22 AM, Samee Zahur wrote: > Ext4 filesystem now allows users to choose directory trees to be stored > encrypted. However, GRUB refuses to boot from such partitions, even if none > of the boot-critical files are actually affected. The following patch fixes > this. It was t