CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION: Ext4 Encryption

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION has multiple definitions:

Ext4 Encryption found in fs/ext4/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION:

• prompt: Ext4 Encryption
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_EXT4_FS
• defined in fs/ext4/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.8–4.20, 5.0

Help text

Enable encryption of ext4 files and directories. This feature is similar to ecryptfs, but it is more memory efficient since it avoids caching the encrypted and decrypted pages in the page cache.

Ext4 Encryption found in fs/ext4/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION:

• prompt: Ext4 Encryption
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_EXT4_FS
• defined in fs/ext4/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 4.1–4.7

Help text

Enable encryption of ext4 files and directories. This feature is similar to ecryptfs, but it is more memory efficient since it avoids caching the encrypted and decrypted pages in the page cache.

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