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author | Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2008-10-15 22:02:51 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2008-10-16 11:21:39 -0700 |
commit | 624ae5284516870657505103ada531c64dba2a9a (patch) | |
tree | 1098d75abc1f4d335e2276dd9dde00a60ee568b5 /fs/ecryptfs/main.c | |
parent | 807b7ebe41ab80d96e89a53bc290d49613e56f48 (diff) | |
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eCryptfs: remove netlink transport
The netlink transport code has not worked for a while and the miscdev
transport is a simpler solution. This patch removes the netlink code and
makes the miscdev transport the only eCryptfs kernel to userspace
transport.
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/ecryptfs/main.c')
-rw-r--r-- | fs/ecryptfs/main.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c index 8ebe9a5d1d99..046e027a4cb1 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/main.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/main.c @@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ #include <linux/namei.h> #include <linux/skbuff.h> #include <linux/crypto.h> -#include <linux/netlink.h> #include <linux/mount.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> #include <linux/key.h> @@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ecryptfs_verbosity, "0, which is Quiet)"); /** - * Module parameter that defines the number of netlink message buffer - * elements + * Module parameter that defines the number of message buffer elements */ unsigned int ecryptfs_message_buf_len = ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_MSG_CTX_ELEMS; @@ -60,9 +58,9 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ecryptfs_message_buf_len, /** * Module parameter that defines the maximum guaranteed amount of time to wait - * for a response through netlink. The actual sleep time will be, more than + * for a response from ecryptfsd. The actual sleep time will be, more than * likely, a small amount greater than this specified value, but only less if - * the netlink message successfully arrives. + * the message successfully arrives. */ signed long ecryptfs_message_wait_timeout = ECRYPTFS_MAX_MSG_CTX_TTL / HZ; @@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ module_param(ecryptfs_number_of_users, uint, 0); MODULE_PARM_DESC(ecryptfs_number_of_users, "An estimate of the number of " "concurrent users of eCryptfs"); -unsigned int ecryptfs_transport = ECRYPTFS_DEFAULT_TRANSPORT; - void __ecryptfs_printk(const char *fmt, ...) { va_list args; @@ -779,10 +775,11 @@ static int __init ecryptfs_init(void) "rc = [%d]\n", __func__, rc); goto out_do_sysfs_unregistration; } - rc = ecryptfs_init_messaging(ecryptfs_transport); + rc = ecryptfs_init_messaging(); if (rc) { printk(KERN_ERR "Failure occured while attempting to " - "initialize the eCryptfs netlink socket\n"); + "initialize the communications channel to " + "ecryptfsd\n"); goto out_destroy_kthread; } rc = ecryptfs_init_crypto(); @@ -797,7 +794,7 @@ static int __init ecryptfs_init(void) goto out; out_release_messaging: - ecryptfs_release_messaging(ecryptfs_transport); + ecryptfs_release_messaging(); out_destroy_kthread: ecryptfs_destroy_kthread(); out_do_sysfs_unregistration: @@ -818,7 +815,7 @@ static void __exit ecryptfs_exit(void) if (rc) printk(KERN_ERR "Failure whilst attempting to destroy crypto; " "rc = [%d]\n", rc); - ecryptfs_release_messaging(ecryptfs_transport); + ecryptfs_release_messaging(); ecryptfs_destroy_kthread(); do_sysfs_unregistration(); unregister_filesystem(&ecryptfs_fs_type); |