[dm-devel] dm-crypt: add Kconfig switch to enable authenticated mode.
Mike Snitzer
snitzer at redhat.com
Thu May 4 16:01:41 UTC 2017
On Thu, May 04 2017 at 11:07am -0400,
Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com> wrote:
> The switch just enables dm-integrity module but it makes
> configuration more logic and user friendly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland at gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/md/Kconfig | 11 +++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> index 3e96fccbbdb2..134f885c6be1 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> @@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ config DM_CRYPT
>
> If unsure, say N.
>
> +config DM_CRYPT_AEAD
> + tristate "Crypt target support for authenticated disk encrytion modes"
> + depends on DM_CRYPT
> + select DM_INTEGRITY
> + ---help---
> + This option enables dm-integrity target that is required in dm-crypt
> + for support of authenticated encryption modes (it enables additional
> + per-sector metadata for authentication tags).
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> +
> config DM_SNAPSHOT
> tristate "Snapshot target"
> depends on BLK_DEV_DM
> --
> 2.11.0
For the benefit of dm-devl: we've decided to _not_ make this change.
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