Re: [PATCH] fsstack: fsstack_copy_inode_size locking

[Michael Halcrow]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 02:19:27PM -0400, Erez Zadok wrote:
> BTW, ecryptfs may have a problem with this, b/c it uses
> i_size_read/write b/t the lower and upper inodes.  If some
> filesystems have a different interpretation for i_size, then
> stacking ecryptfs on top of them could be an issue.  Mike?

eCryptfs depends on the results of i_size_read() on the lower inode
when it needs to interpolate the filesize when the metadata is stored
in the lower file's xattr region.
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