@@ -331,8 +331,8 @@ Contents encryption
-------------------
For file contents, each filesystem block is encrypted independently.
-Currently, only the case where the filesystem block size is equal to
-the system's page size (usually 4096 bytes) is supported.
+Starting from Linux kernel 5.5, encryption of filesystems with block
+size less than system's page size is supported.
Each block's IV is set to the logical block number within the file as
a little endian number, except that:
@@ -4439,13 +4439,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
}
}
- if ((DUMMY_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED(sbi) || ext4_has_feature_encrypt(sb)) &&
- (blocksize != PAGE_SIZE)) {
- ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
- "Unsupported blocksize for fs encryption");
- goto failed_mount_wq;
- }
-
if (ext4_has_feature_verity(sb) && blocksize != PAGE_SIZE) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Unsupported blocksize for fs-verity");
goto failed_mount_wq;