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-rw-r--r--include/linux/fscrypt.h7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fscrypt.h b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
index a8f7a43f031b..e72f80482671 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscrypt.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscrypt.h
@@ -741,8 +741,11 @@ static inline int fscrypt_prepare_rename(struct inode *old_dir,
* directory's encryption key is available, then the lookup is assumed to be by
* plaintext name; otherwise, it is assumed to be by no-key name.
*
- * This also installs a custom ->d_revalidate() method which will invalidate the
- * dentry if it was created without the key and the key is later added.
+ * This will set DCACHE_NOKEY_NAME on the dentry if the lookup is by no-key
+ * name. In this case the filesystem must assign the dentry a dentry_operations
+ * which contains fscrypt_d_revalidate (or contains a d_revalidate method that
+ * calls fscrypt_d_revalidate), so that the dentry will be invalidated if the
+ * directory's encryption key is later added.
*
* Return: 0 on success; -ENOENT if the directory's key is unavailable but the
* filename isn't a valid no-key name, so a negative dentry should be created;