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    DateMon, 7 Nov 2005 13:54:43 +0500
    FromFawad Lateef <>
    SubjectRe: Am I thinking correctly?
    On 11/7/05, ext3crypt <ext3crypt@comcast.net> wrote:
    > I'm working on a masters project for PSU.  It requires that I modify the
    > ext3 and fs code in the kernel proper.
    >
    > The idea is to encrypt data just prior to it being written to disk.  I've
    > created a new version of __block_write_full_page (which is called from
    > writepage) to allocate a new (GFP_NOFS) page, setup the buffer_head list and
    > copy the data to the new page (and encrypt it too).  When I do this, the
    > data is not written to disk from the new buffer_head that I submit using
    > submit_bh().  I've treked through this code and I'm convinced I'm down the
    > right path.  Am I?  Any assistance would be appreciated.
    >
    
    Which kernel version you are using ?
    Using kernel Encryption API ?
    How you got to know that your data is not written to disk ? Getting
    any error message ? or some-thing else ?
    And a url or attachment of code will help others to get to your problem !
    
    
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    Fawad Lateef
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