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-rw-r--r--internal/fusefrontend/file_holes.go10
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend/file_holes.go b/internal/fusefrontend/file_holes.go
index 34f702f..ff626d1 100644
--- a/internal/fusefrontend/file_holes.go
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend/file_holes.go
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ import (
"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/tlog"
)
-// Will a write to offset "off" create a file hole?
-func (f *file) createsHole(plainSize uint64, off int64) bool {
+// Will a write to plaintext offset "off" create a file hole in the ciphertext?
+func (f *file) createsCiphertextHole(plainSize uint64, off int64) bool {
+ // Appending a single byte to the file (equivalent to writing to
+ // offset=plainSize) would write to "nextBlock".
nextBlock := f.contentEnc.PlainOffToBlockNo(plainSize)
+ // targetBlock is the block the user wants to write to.
targetBlock := f.contentEnc.PlainOffToBlockNo(uint64(off))
+ // If the write goes past the next block, nextBlock will have
+ // to be zero-padded to the block boundary and at least nextBlock+1
+ // becomes a file hole in the ciphertext.
return targetBlock > nextBlock
}