Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: require key for truncate(2) of encrypted file
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2017-06-14 07:06:15
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linux-ext4, linux-f2fs-devel, linux-fscrypt
On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 12:03:57AM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
None of those are allowed because fallocate() requires a file descriptor, and open() fails with ENOKEY if the encryption key is not available. truncate() is different because it takes a path, not a file descriptor.
Ok, that makes sense.