Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Apr 2015 19:02:11 +0200 | From | Pali Rohár <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/3] dm-crypt: Adds support for wiping key when doing suspend/hibernation |
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On Tuesday 14 April 2015 08:50:16 Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > > > So proper way is to wipe luks crypto keys *after* userspace processes > > > > > > are freezed. > > > > > > > > > > I know you believe that I'm just not accepting that at face value. > > > > > > > > If disks are synced before any DM suspend operation then we have higher > > > > chance of preventing data corruption. > > > > > > disks are already synced as part of the DM suspend operation! > > > > > > > Yes, but part of hibernate operation is also sync call. > > Yes. Maybe that was a mistake. >
I think not. I do not see any reason why system should not sync disks...
> > > > I still think that correct order is only: > > > > > > > > * freeze processes (which doing continous I/O) > > > > * fs & disk sync > > > > * DM suspend > > > > * wipe crypto keys > > > > * enter hibernate > > > > > > I just don't think that extreme is _required_ to have a hibernate/resume > > > that incorporates dm-crypt key wiping. > > > > Ok, and what other developers think? > > If someone can fix freezer to work with LUKS stopped, that would be a > good thing. Can you do it, Mike? Then we can look if it works well > enough for Pali. >
Its not only LUKS devices. Its for all dm devices when are suspended.
> But that might be too hard / impossible. And at that point, I think > Pali's patch is right thing to do. > Pavel
Yes I think it is hard too...
-- Pali Rohár pali.rohar@gmail.com
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