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DM-INLINECRYPT Being Worked On To Leverage Inline Block Device Encryption

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Storage on 27 October 2024 at 06:15 AM EDT. 3 Comments
In addition to Eric Biggers of Google being busy working on various crypto and hashing performance optimizations, the longtime Linux developer has also been working on "dm-inlinecrypt" for better leveraging inline block device encryption.

The dm-inlinecrypt is a new inline block device encryption target for Device Mapper. Unlike the dm-crypt target that uses the regular Linux kernel crypto API, dm-inlinecrypt uses the block crypto API to allow taking advantage of inline encryption hardware. In particular, UFS host controllers commonly boast such capabilities.

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The dm-inlinecrypt code is based on Android's dm-default-key but with passthrough support removed.

Those interested in this ongoing work around dm-inlinecrypt can see the latest patches via this Git branch.

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