[Bug 524919] Re: ecryptfs breaks lstat/readlink size assumption

[Tyler Hicks]

On 02/26/2010 02:58 AM, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Wouldn't it make more sense to consistently return unencrypted
> sizes/metadata for all syscalls on ecryptfs files?

I agree with you.  I think it is reasonable to check if the file is a
symlink and then attempt to decrypt the target.  If that's successful,
return the length of the decrypted target.

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ecryptfs breaks lstat/readlink size assumption
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524919
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