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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst index 8d38b47b7b83..e86b886b64d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst @@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ However, except for filenames, fscrypt does not encrypt filesystem metadata. Unlike eCryptfs, which is a stacked filesystem, fscrypt is integrated -directly into supported filesystems --- currently ext4, F2FS, and -UBIFS. This allows encrypted files to be read and written without -caching both the decrypted and encrypted pages in the pagecache, -thereby nearly halving the memory used and bringing it in line with -unencrypted files. Similarly, half as many dentries and inodes are -needed. eCryptfs also limits encrypted filenames to 143 bytes, -causing application compatibility issues; fscrypt allows the full 255 -bytes (NAME_MAX). Finally, unlike eCryptfs, the fscrypt API can be -used by unprivileged users, with no need to mount anything. +directly into supported filesystems --- currently ext4, F2FS, UBIFS, +and CephFS. This allows encrypted files to be read and written +without caching both the decrypted and encrypted pages in the +pagecache, thereby nearly halving the memory used and bringing it in +line with unencrypted files. Similarly, half as many dentries and +inodes are needed. eCryptfs also limits encrypted filenames to 143 +bytes, causing application compatibility issues; fscrypt allows the +full 255 bytes (NAME_MAX). Finally, unlike eCryptfs, the fscrypt API +can be used by unprivileged users, with no need to mount anything. fscrypt does not support encrypting files in-place. Instead, it supports marking an empty directory as encrypted. Then, after |