linux-ext4 - [PATCH 5/5] fscrypt: remove mention of symlink st

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Date:   Thu,  1 Jul 2021 23:53:50 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] fscrypt: remove mention of symlink st_size quirk from documentation

From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>

Now that the correct st_size is reported for encrypted symlinks on all
filesystems, update the documentation accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
index 44b67ebd6e40..02ec57818920 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fscrypt.rst
@@ -1063,11 +1063,6 @@ astute users may notice some differences in behavior:
 
 - DAX (Direct Access) is not supported on encrypted files.
 
-- The st_size of an encrypted symlink will not necessarily give the
-  length of the symlink target as required by POSIX.  It will actually
-  give the length of the ciphertext, which will be slightly longer
-  than the plaintext due to NUL-padding and an extra 2-byte overhead.
-
 - The maximum length of an encrypted symlink is 2 bytes shorter than
   the maximum length of an unencrypted symlink.  For example, on an
   EXT4 filesystem with a 4K block size, unencrypted symlinks can be up
-- 
2.32.0