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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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