Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-04 Thread Tyler Hicks
On 2015-08-04 07:46:50, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Tyler, > > Am 04.08.2015 um 01:07 schrieb Tyler Hicks: > >> Okay, then I'd argument to give my patch a try although it is not the > >> solution > >> to the problem I've reported. :-) > >> If you don't mind I'll resend with a proper changelog. >

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-03 Thread Richard Weinberger
Tyler, Am 04.08.2015 um 01:07 schrieb Tyler Hicks: >> Okay, then I'd argument to give my patch a try although it is not the >> solution >> to the problem I've reported. :-) >> If you don't mind I'll resend with a proper changelog. > > That patch isn't correct since it assumes that all eCryptfs s

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-03 Thread Tyler Hicks
On 2015-08-03 20:31:57, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Tyler, > > Am 03.08.2015 um 07:27 schrieb Tyler Hicks: > >> So ecryptfs definitely supports mounting the same lower path multiple > >> times? > >> What is the benefit of that behavior? > > > > No, it doesn't support that in a way that provides

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-03 Thread Richard Weinberger
Tyler, Am 03.08.2015 um 07:27 schrieb Tyler Hicks: >> So ecryptfs definitely supports mounting the same lower path multiple times? >> What is the benefit of that behavior? > > No, it doesn't support that in a way that provides consistency among all > of the eCryptfs mounts. Okay, then I'd argume

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-02 Thread Tyler Hicks
On 2015-08-02 09:51:16, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Am 02.08.2015 um 03:03 schrieb Tyler Hicks: > > Thanks for the report and for the patch, Richard! > > > > On 2015-07-31 12:23:10, Richard Weinberger wrote: > >> Mounting the same lower path multiple times should not result > >> into multiple ecry

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-02 Thread Richard Weinberger
Am 02.08.2015 um 03:03 schrieb Tyler Hicks: > Thanks for the report and for the patch, Richard! > > On 2015-07-31 12:23:10, Richard Weinberger wrote: >> Mounting the same lower path multiple times should not result >> into multiple ecryptfs instances, otherwise ecryptfs gets confused. >> >> A comm

Re: [RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-08-01 Thread Tyler Hicks
Thanks for the report and for the patch, Richard! On 2015-07-31 12:23:10, Richard Weinberger wrote: > Mounting the same lower path multiple times should not result > into multiple ecryptfs instances, otherwise ecryptfs gets confused. > > A command sequence of: An important detail that took me a

[RFC][PATCH] ecryptfs: Allow only one instance per lower path

2015-07-31 Thread Richard Weinberger
Mounting the same lower path multiple times should not result into multiple ecryptfs instances, otherwise ecryptfs gets confused. A command sequence of: $ mount -t ecryptfs /tmp/.secret /mnt_a/secret/ $ mount -t ecryptfs /tmp/.secret /mnt_b/secret/ $ mkdir -p /mnt_a/secret/xxx $ mkdir -p /mnt_b/s