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| author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2026-09-02 14:31:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2026-09-02 14:31:51 +0200 |
| commit | 864c971e923f55d3ff5ac3ebc87aab8108d30c8a (patch) | |
| tree | 3fd77c646490ad640a4cb7f37c63a1eaf8c2bd7b /Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | |
| parent | 19ccd439d0087525b48dfcc8e584a0a940230744 (diff) | |
| parent | 1c732c6b94f0faee1526bd375add2fe10cba2e26 (diff) | |
Merge v6.18.49linux-rolling-lts
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index 696a5844bfa3..480252ec8c78 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -1245,6 +1245,10 @@ astute users may notice some differences in behavior: - DAX (Direct Access) is not supported on encrypted files. +- Encrypted files cannot be used directly as swap files. To swap to + an encrypted file, set up a loopback device on top of it. + Alternatively, encrypted swap can use a dm-crypt device. + - The maximum length of an encrypted symlink is 2 bytes shorter than the maximum length of an unencrypted symlink. For example, on an EXT4 filesystem with a 4K block size, unencrypted symlinks can be up |