Re: [PATCH] Initial Vector Fix for loop.c.

[Andries Brouwer]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 11:14:14AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 10:56, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Andi Kleen <[e-mail]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > So go for it. Fix it before 2.6.x is out and we're stuck with this crap
> > >  > again. 
> > > 
> > >  This will break existing crypto loop installations, making
> > >  the existing encrypted image unreadable.
> > 
> > I think we should just live with that breakage Andi.  You're suggesting
> > that we retain compatibility with something which was never merged into the
> > kernel.  That is asking too much.
> 
> There was effectively no cryptoloop support in the vanilla
> kernel.  Andi is totally right here.  We should be compatible
> with what people actually used, which were the external cryptoloop
> patches.
> 
> Nobody, and I mean nobody, has a cryptoloop based upon the IV
> selection done in vanilla kernels.

Ha David - you repeat what Clemens was saying and Andi disputed.

Andries

[I watch what is happening with interest - have delayed util-linux 2.12
in the hope of being able to come with something that works out of the
box together with a sufficiently recent kernel. A handful of loop
patches are needed. I hope they will be applied and documented one
by one.]