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authorMichael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>2007-02-12 00:53:45 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-02-12 09:48:36 -0800
commit17398957aa0a05ef62535060b41d103590dcc533 (patch)
treebfb1d65281863811ad46d54f82e52e8924df3284 /fs/ecryptfs
parentdddfa461fc8951f9b5f951c13565b6cac678635a (diff)
[PATCH] eCryptfs: xattr flags and mount options
This patch set introduces the ability to store cryptographic metadata into an lower file extended attribute rather than the lower file header region. This patch set implements two new mount options: ecryptfs_xattr_metadata - When set, newly created files will have their cryptographic metadata stored in the extended attribute region of the file rather than the header. When storing the data in the file header, there is a minimum of 8KB reserved for the header information for each file, making each file at least 12KB in size. This can take up a lot of extra disk space if the user creates a lot of small files. By storing the data in the extended attribute, each file will only occupy at least of 4KB of space. As the eCryptfs metadata set becomes larger with new features such as multi-key associations, most popular filesystems will not be able to store all of the information in the xattr region in some cases due to space constraints. However, the majority of users will only ever associate one key per file, so most users will be okay with storing their data in the xattr region. This option should be used with caution. I want to emphasize that the xattr must be maintained under all circumstances, or the file will be rendered permanently unrecoverable. The last thing I want is for a user to forget to set an xattr flag in a backup utility, only to later discover that their backups are worthless. ecryptfs_encrypted_view - When set, this option causes eCryptfs to present applications a view of encrypted files as if the cryptographic metadata were stored in the file header, whether the metadata is actually stored in the header or in the extended attributes. No matter what eCryptfs winds up doing in the lower filesystem, I want to preserve a baseline format compatibility for the encrypted files. As of right now, the metadata may be in the file header or in an xattr. There is no reason why the metadata could not be put in a separate file in future versions. Without the compatibility mode, backup utilities would have to know to back up the metadata file along with the files. The semantics of eCryptfs have always been that the lower files are self-contained units of encrypted data, and the only additional information required to decrypt any given eCryptfs file is the key. That is what has always been emphasized about eCryptfs lower files, and that is what users expect. Providing the encrypted view option will provide a way to userspace applications wherein they can always get to the same old familiar eCryptfs encrypted files, regardless of what eCryptfs winds up doing with the metadata behind the scenes. This patch: Add extended attribute support to version bit vector, flags to indicate when xattr or encrypted view modes are enabled, and support for the new mount options. Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ecryptfs')
-rw-r--r--fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c20
-rw-r--r--fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h15
-rw-r--r--fs/ecryptfs/main.c18
3 files changed, 46 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
index 75bbfae5508..6d85aabb017 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c
@@ -915,6 +915,22 @@ static void ecryptfs_generate_new_key(struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat)
}
/**
+ * ecryptfs_copy_mount_wide_flags_to_inode_flags
+ *
+ * This function propagates the mount-wide flags to individual inode
+ * flags.
+ */
+static void ecryptfs_copy_mount_wide_flags_to_inode_flags(
+ struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
+ struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat)
+{
+ if (mount_crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_XATTR_METADATA_ENABLED)
+ crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR;
+ if (mount_crypt_stat->flags & ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED_VIEW_ENABLED)
+ crypt_stat->flags |= ECRYPTFS_VIEW_AS_ENCRYPTED;
+}
+
+/**
* ecryptfs_set_default_crypt_stat_vals
* @crypt_stat
*
@@ -924,6 +940,8 @@ static void ecryptfs_set_default_crypt_stat_vals(
struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat *crypt_stat,
struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat *mount_crypt_stat)
{
+ ecryptfs_copy_mount_wide_flags_to_inode_flags(crypt_stat,
+ mount_crypt_stat);
ecryptfs_set_default_sizes(crypt_stat);
strcpy(crypt_stat->cipher, ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_CIPHER);
crypt_stat->key_size = ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_KEY_BYTES;
@@ -969,6 +987,8 @@ int ecryptfs_new_file_context(struct dentry *ecryptfs_dentry)
"file using mount_crypt_stat\n");
ECRYPTFS_SET_FLAG(crypt_stat->flags, ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED);
ECRYPTFS_SET_FLAG(crypt_stat->flags, ECRYPTFS_KEY_VALID);
+ ecryptfs_copy_mount_wide_flags_to_inode_flags(crypt_stat,
+ mount_crypt_stat);
memcpy(crypt_stat->keysigs[crypt_stat->num_keysigs++],
mount_crypt_stat->global_auth_tok_sig,
ECRYPTFS_SIG_SIZE_HEX);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index f21385f97da..7bbd6e6e274 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@
* module; userspace tools such as the mount helper read
* ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MASK from a sysfs handle in order to determine
* how to behave. */
-#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PASSPHRASE 0x00000001
-#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY 0x00000002
+#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PASSPHRASE 0x00000001
+#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY 0x00000002
#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH 0x00000004
-#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_POLICY 0x00000008
+#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_POLICY 0x00000008
+#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_XATTR 0x00000010
#define ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_MASK (ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PASSPHRASE \
- | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH \
- | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY)
+ | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH \
+ | ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY)
#define ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH 64
#define ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSPHRASE_BYTES ECRYPTFS_MAX_PASSWORD_LENGTH
@@ -227,6 +228,8 @@ struct ecryptfs_crypt_stat {
#define ECRYPTFS_ENABLE_HMAC 0x00000020
#define ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPT_IV_PAGES 0x00000040
#define ECRYPTFS_KEY_VALID 0x00000080
+#define ECRYPTFS_METADATA_IN_XATTR 0x00000100
+#define ECRYPTFS_VIEW_AS_ENCRYPTED 0x00000200
u32 flags;
unsigned int file_version;
size_t iv_bytes;
@@ -273,6 +276,8 @@ struct ecryptfs_dentry_info {
struct ecryptfs_mount_crypt_stat {
/* Pointers to memory we do not own, do not free these */
#define ECRYPTFS_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH_ENABLED 0x00000001
+#define ECRYPTFS_XATTR_METADATA_ENABLED 0x00000002
+#define ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED_VIEW_ENABLED 0x00000004
u32 flags;
struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *global_auth_tok;
struct key *global_auth_tok_key;
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
index 87f05c4bd50..a3efdccbbcc 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ out:
enum { ecryptfs_opt_sig, ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_sig, ecryptfs_opt_debug,
ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_debug, ecryptfs_opt_cipher,
ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_cipher, ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_key_bytes,
- ecryptfs_opt_passthrough, ecryptfs_opt_err };
+ ecryptfs_opt_passthrough, ecryptfs_opt_xattr_metadata,
+ ecryptfs_opt_encrypted_view, ecryptfs_opt_err };
static match_table_t tokens = {
{ecryptfs_opt_sig, "sig=%s"},
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ static match_table_t tokens = {
{ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_cipher, "ecryptfs_cipher=%s"},
{ecryptfs_opt_ecryptfs_key_bytes, "ecryptfs_key_bytes=%u"},
{ecryptfs_opt_passthrough, "ecryptfs_passthrough"},
+ {ecryptfs_opt_xattr_metadata, "ecryptfs_xattr_metadata"},
+ {ecryptfs_opt_encrypted_view, "ecryptfs_encrypted_view"},
{ecryptfs_opt_err, NULL}
};
@@ -313,6 +316,16 @@ static int ecryptfs_parse_options(struct super_block *sb, char *options)
mount_crypt_stat->flags |=
ECRYPTFS_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH_ENABLED;
break;
+ case ecryptfs_opt_xattr_metadata:
+ mount_crypt_stat->flags |=
+ ECRYPTFS_XATTR_METADATA_ENABLED;
+ break;
+ case ecryptfs_opt_encrypted_view:
+ mount_crypt_stat->flags |=
+ ECRYPTFS_XATTR_METADATA_ENABLED;
+ mount_crypt_stat->flags |=
+ ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED_VIEW_ENABLED;
+ break;
case ecryptfs_opt_err:
default:
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_WARNING,
@@ -734,7 +747,8 @@ static struct ecryptfs_version_str_map_elem {
{ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PASSPHRASE, "passphrase"},
{ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PUBKEY, "pubkey"},
{ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_PLAINTEXT_PASSTHROUGH, "plaintext passthrough"},
- {ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_POLICY, "policy"}
+ {ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_POLICY, "policy"},
+ {ECRYPTFS_VERSIONING_XATTR, "metadata in extended attribute"}
};
static ssize_t version_str_show(struct ecryptfs_obj *obj, char *buff)