EXT4 With Linux 5.13 Looks Like It Will Support Casefolding With Encryption Enabled

[phoronix]

Phoronix: EXT4 With Linux 5.13 Looks Like It Will Support Casefolding With Encryption Enabled

While EXT4 supports both case-folding for optional case insensitive filenames and does support file-system encryption, at the moment those features are mutually exclusive. But it looks like the upcoming Linux 5.13 kernel will allow casefolding and encryption to be active at the same time...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=EXT4-Casefolding-With-Encrypt

[oleid]

Slightly OT: does anybody know if there are plans to / the is work being done to integrate FS encryption with btrfs?

[cynic]

Slightly OT: does anybody know if there are plans to / the is work being done to integrate FS encryption with btrfs?

I'm not a btrfs developer (I just follow their mailing list) but I don't recall to having seen anything related to that subject recently

[oleid]

I'm not a btrfs deloper (I just follow their mailing list) but I don't recall to having seen anything related to that subject recently

Thanks! Too bad. Integrating encryption to btrfs would probably be more difficult than for ext4. And considering the benchmarks I just looked up it would seem dm-crypt was - at least a few years ago - faster anyway. So probably it is not worth the trouble.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ext4-crypto-418

[cynic]

Thanks! Too bad. Integrating encryption to btrfs would probably be more difficult than for ext4. And considering the benchmarks I just looked up it would seem dm-crypt was - at least a few years ago - faster anyway. So probably it is not worth the trouble.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ext4-crypto-418

Yes, btrfs over LUKS is quite fast and works well.
I've been using that combo on all my desktops and notebooks for a decade now and I'm very happy with it.

[oleid]

I've been using that combo on all my desktops and notebooks for a decade now and I'm very happy with it.

Same here. I merely wondered if not using luks would simplify the set-up.